Action on Poverty
We are a small dynamic organisation working in partnership with people in Sub Saharan Africa to build a world where everyone can work with dignity for a better future. Join us by supporting our work!
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Changing lives with camel milk
Our work enables vulnerable women in Kenya to gain vital skills to earn a living and beat malnutrition with a great local product – nutritious camel milk.
Our impact in 2019
Latest news and stories
It’s Remember A Charity Week and we are profoundly grateful to our supporters dedicating their legacy to overcoming poverty
6th-12th September 2021 is Remember A Charity Week, where charities and supporters are thinking about what legacy could be built by leaving a gift in your Will.
How to make sure a good project continues even when NGOs close their doors
Instead, organisations are innovating creative solutions that meet the best interests of NGOs, partners, funders and people in communities. Some organisations have seen success with mergers; Action on Poverty decided that the acquisition of one of African Initiatives’ projects was the best way to maximise the value brought by APT and the Tanzanian partner organisation Tusonge, ensuring that the project could complete its full cycle and this important work to empower people with disabilities to claim their rights and earn an income of their own could continue.
“I stand with APT and I wish everyone can find time and a way that they can support them as well” -Big Zuu
This week from Sunday 11th to Saturday 17th July 2021 we are running our BBC Radio 4 appeal presented by the lovely Big Zuu, Grime MC and TV cooking show host.
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