How sensitive is ActionAid to the varying needs and priorities of the individual governments it deal
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How sensitive is ActionAid to the varying needs and priorities of the individual governments it deal Cecil Jackson-Cole set up ActionAid 22 years ago in London. The initial programme was targeted in India but very rapidly programmes were set up in Kenya, Somalia, Burundi and Ecuador as well as emergency relief operations, for example, flooding in Bangladesh. As a charity, money naturally has to be raised. ActionAid do this in five main ways. Firstly, there is child sponsorship, this is the prime area for donations, the donator supports a child from a chosen country and receives regular reports, photographs and letters. Secondly the donator can choose community sponsorship, where the money helps support a project, such as child immunisation in one community. Thirdly the person can opt to give money to one type of project such as primary education, they do not select the country instead they specify the project. Fourthly the...

