{"id":2361,"date":"2025-05-22T23:40:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/?page_id=2361"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:29:27","slug":"emergencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/en\/what-we-do\/emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vidiemme-block page-launch  \" >\n  \n  <div class=\"container-xl\">\n    <div class=\"block-container\">\n  \n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n\n        <div class=\"col-md-6 d-flex align-items-center pb-4 order-0\">\n                          <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/R297841.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid rounded block-image\"> -->\n              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1067\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/R297841.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid rounded block-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/R297841.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/R297841-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/R297841-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/R297841-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"col-md-6 d-flex align-items-center pb-4 order-1\">\n\n          <div class=\"block-content\">\n                          <h2 class=\"block-title\">Every year more than 300 million people are affected by natural disasters or involved in conflicts.<\/h2>\n                      \n                          <div class=\"block-description mt-4\"><div class=\"field field-intro\">\n<p>Many countries where ActionAid works, such as Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Afghanistan, Haiti, Pakistan, India, the Gaza Strip and Syria, are or have recently been theatres of war or natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>In all these situations <strong>ActionAid works on a long-term basis<\/strong>, with the aim of <strong>encouraging social and economic reconstruction<\/strong>, not limiting itself to humanitarian intervention but intervening on the causes that led to the disaster or conflict or that made them so devastating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n        \n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vidiemme-block basic-editor  \" >\n  \n  <div class=\"container-xl\">\n    <p>We are therefore committed to giving the victims greater security, <strong>involving them directly in the construction<\/strong> and <strong>defining with them lasting paths of development<\/strong>, regardless of identity, gender or religion.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of <strong>human security<\/strong> is declined in three areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>disaster risk reduction<\/li>\n<li>emergency response<\/li>\n<li>conflicts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vidiemme-block focused-content  \" >\n  \n  <div class=\"container-xl\">\n    <div class=\"title mb-4\">We protect the rights of vulnerable people by working on:<\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"focused\">\n\n      \n            <div class=\"description\"><ul>\n<li>national and global policies to combat the structural causes of natural and man-made disasters,<\/li>\n<li>emergency preparedness to strengthen the resilience of communities,<\/li>\n<li>relief, reconstruction and recovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n          \n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vidiemme-block basic-editor  \" >\n  \n  <div class=\"container-xl\">\n    <p>We know that we cannot prevent natural disasters from happening, but <strong>we can make sure that the people most at risk are better prepared to respond<\/strong> to them. Our approach is based on three principles:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vidiemme-block icons-list  \" >\n  \n  <div class=\"container-xl\">\n    <div class=\"icons-list-wrapper\">\n              <div class=\"item pb-4 row\">\n                      <div class=\"col-3 col-md-2\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/icon_mappa.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"item-icon img-fluid\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"col\">\n                        <div class=\"item-title mb-2\">We favor a locally led response<\/div>\n            \n             \n            <div class=\"item-description\"><p>We work with local communities to identify inclusive, needs based and context-adapted response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n              <div class=\"item pb-4 row\">\n                      <div class=\"col-3 col-md-2\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/icon_donna.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"item-icon img-fluid\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"col\">\n                        <div class=\"item-title mb-2\">We support women&#8217;s leadership<\/div>\n            \n             \n            <div class=\"item-description\"><p>We want women to be at the center of humanitarian responses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n              <div class=\"item pb-4 row\">\n                      <div class=\"col-3 col-md-2\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/icon_megafono.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"item-icon img-fluid\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"col\">\n                        <div class=\"item-title mb-2\">We work to ensure that communities are heard<\/div>\n            \n             \n            <div class=\"item-description\"><p>We are committed before, during and after emergencies to ensure that authorities listen to the voices of the communities at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vidiemme-block cta-band  \" >\n  \n  <div class=\"container-xl\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      \n      <div class=\"col align-content-center\">\n            <div class=\"title mb-4\">Contribute to our Emergency Fund<\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"link\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/actionaid.ch\/en\/donation-forms\/emergency-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-cta\">DONATE NOW<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vidiemme-block basic-editor  \" >\n  \n  <div class=\"container-xl\">\n    <h6><em>Photocredits: ActionAid<\/em><\/h6>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":742,"menu_order":115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2361","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Emergencies - ActionAid Switzerland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over 300 million people affected yearly by disasters and conflict. 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