ActionAid Association

On 31 October 2026, Action Aid Association held a registration camp in Baredih Revenue Village, Matku Panchayat, Potka Block, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, helping informal workers take a step towards greater social security. The camp supported workers in registering for social security schemes—bringing essential protections closer to the people who need them. #InformalWorkers #SocialSecurity #India

ActionAid Association conducted a district-level meeting through its Mazdoor Suvidha Centre in Amritsar, Punjab, bringing together 36 participants, including 31 workers—12 women and 19 men. The discussion covered the POSH Act, workplace safety, and protection from sexual harassment, as well as micro-loans and making informed financial decisions. Through initiatives like this, ActionAid Association is helping workers understand their entitlements, access social security benefits, and make informed financial choices. #ActionAidAssociation #WorkersEmpowerment #SafeWorkplaces #Punjab @sndeep

ActionAid Association held a Social Security Camp in Anadimangalam village, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, helping informal workers connect with government welfare schemes and essential services. The camp brought together 56 construction workers, agricultural workers and daily wage labourers. Participants received assistance with 22 health insurance applications, 7 new construction worker registrations, 2 scholarship claims, 3 community and income certificates, 9 ration card corrections and 9 voter ID applications. The initiative helped workers and their families take important steps toward accessing the social security benefits they need. #ActionAidAssociation #WorkersRights #SocialSecurity @sndeep

On the occasion of the closing ceremony of Global Handwashing Day 2026, ActionAid Association, in collaboration with the Centre for Child and Women Development (CCWD), Bhubaneswar, organised a handwashing awareness and demonstration drive on 30 October 2026 at Esaneswar Slum, Ward No. 14, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Local children and community members were shown the six steps of effective handwashing to promote proper hygiene practices. The programme was coordinated by team members, Child Club members, Self-Help Group (SHG) members, and community leaders, encouraging the adoption of healthy handwashing habits within the community. @sndeep

ActionAid Association, in collaboration with Vivekanand Netralaya, organised an eye camp in Aurai, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, providing eye care services to around 100 people. Approximately 20 individuals were referred for free cataract surgery, helping improve access to essential eye care services in the community. @sndeep

ActionAid Association and Mazdoor Adhikar Manch brought together 45 workers from eight districts for a state-level meeting at the Human Development and Research Centre (HDRC) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Farm, construction, brick kiln, and domestic workers shared the challenges they face, including low wages, unsafe workplaces, inadequate housing, and limited access to healthcare and social security. Together, the workers developed a common set of demands for fair wages, safer working conditions, and access to education for their children. ActionAid Association will present these demands to the Gujarat State Government. #ActionAidAssociation #WorkersRights #Gujarat @sndeep @psushila92

Cities Must Belong to Everyone | World Cities Day | 31 October Who gets to call a city home? This year’s theme for the World Cities Day, set by UN-Habitat is: “Regenerating the City: Adequate Housing for All”. Urban development must put the rights of CityMakers at its centre. ActionAid Association adopted the term CityMakers to recognise homeless people and underserved urban communities through their contribution to city life. As construction workers, street vendors, waste pickers, domestic workers and in countless other roles, they build, maintain and sustain the cities we all depend on. Yet the people whose labour makes cities liveable often find their own needs—for secure housing, basic services, social protection and dignified work—ignored by city governments. Calling them CityMakers asserts their rightful place in the city: as workers and residents entitled to dignity, rights and a voice in shaping its future. As climate change intensifies, safe homes, green spaces and protection from heat and flooding must reach those most exposed. CityMakers must have a decisive voice in shaping these priorities, while respecting the rights of the rural communities and the ecological systems that sustain cities. An ecologically just future must make dignified life possible everywhere. @sndeep

National Unity Day | Rashtriya Ekta Diwas | 31 October It was in 2014 that the Government of India instituted the observance of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, to honour his contribution to the country’s political integration. As independent India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Patel played a central role in bringing more than 500 princely states into the Indian Union. At Independence, princely states accounted for roughly two-fifths of the territory of the Indian Empire. The overwhelming majority of these states, encompassing most of their combined territory, were subsequently integrated into the Indian Union. Sardar Patel helped establish the territorial and administrative foundations of India after colonial rule and Partition. The day commemorates that achievement and encourages a commitment to national unity, integrity and solidarity. Observances include unity pledges, public programmes and the “Run for Unity”. Its wider significance offers an opportunity to reflect on what sustains unity in a diverse society: equal citizenship, respect for different languages, religions and cultures, and the assurance that every community belongs. From this perspective, national unity is an ongoing commitment to justice, dignity and solidarity across differences. @sndeep

ActionAid Association is helping workers in Indhiravanam village, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, access essential government benefits and services. Through our Workers’ Facilitation Centre, 10 workers received help applying for health insurance, renewing construction worker cards, accessing ration card services, and obtaining community and income certificates. A community meeting also gave agricultural workers a chance to share concerns about low daily wages and demand fair pay. These efforts help workers access support and build stronger, more secure livelihoods. #ActionAidAssociation #TamilNadu #CommunityImpact #WorkersRights @sndeep

ActionAid Association’s Wayanad Livelihood Project has started a recycled paper processing unit in Thariyode, Kerala, creating new earning opportunities for 26 Haritha Karma Sena members. Through practical training, members learned to make envelopes, files, bags and other useful items from waste paper. This initiative helps them learn new skills, earn extra income and explore self-employment. By turning waste paper into useful products, the project supports local families, reduces waste and helps build a cleaner, greener and more sustainable community. #ActionAidAssociation #SustainableLivelihoods #WasteToWealth @sndeep

ActionAid Association, in collaboration with the Centre for Social Work Studies at Dibrugarh University and the Rural Volunteers Centre (RVC), Akajan, organised a Mazdoor Pathshala programme at Dibrugarh University in Assam. The workshop brought together construction workers, MGNREGA workers’ unions, domestic workers’ unions, and young students from Dhemaji, Tinsukia, and Dibrugarh districts. Participants discussed workers’ issues and the importance of collective action to improve working conditions and access to social security schemes. The programme concluded with a collective commitment to continue working together to strengthen workers’ voices and promote their welfare. @sndeep

ActionAid Association conducted an eight-day digital literacy workshop across four Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) schools in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, reaching 443 adolescent girls. The workshop aimed to strengthen their digital skills and build confidence in using technology. The sessions covered navigating search engines and web browsers, creating digital accounts, searching for information online, preparing documents using Microsoft Word, and creating presentations. The initiative equipped adolescent girls with essential digital skills to support their education, access information, and use technology confidently in their everyday lives. @sndeep

On the International Day of Care and Support, ActionAid Association honours the invaluable contribution of paid and unpaid care workers in sustaining families and communities. Care work—largely undertaken by women—remains undervalued, with paid care workers often underpaid. Care is essential to children’s well-being, growth, protection and development, providing the love, attention and support they need to thrive. Everyone who needs care and support—including persons with disabilities, older people and people living with chronic illnesses—should have access to services that uphold their rights, dignity, choice and autonomy. We call for action to recognise, redistribute and socialise care: •Recognise care as essential work, value unpaid care, uphold care workers’ rights, and ensure fair wages and decent working conditions for paid care workers. •Redistribute care responsibilities fairly among all genders and across households, the state, employers and communities, challenging the expectation that women and girls must shoulder them. •Socialise care by making it a shared societal responsibility, backed by public investment in accessible, affordable, quality care and support services. These must include childcare and services that support older people, persons with disabilities and people living with chronic illnesses to live with dignity and autonomy. Valuing care and making it a shared responsibility is vital to building a more equal, inclusive and just society. Those who care deserve care too. #CareEconomy #ChildRights #GenderEquality #DecentWork #InternationalDayOfCareAndSupport @sndeep

ActionAid Association is helping families in Parayapatti village, Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu, access essential services and social security benefits. Through a community camp, 72 beneficiaries received support in applying for children’s educational certificates, essential documents and social security entitlements. This initiative helps families overcome barriers to accessing essential services, secure their entitlements and build a better future for their children. #ActionAidAssociation #CommunityEmpowerment #SocialSecurity @sndeep

ActionAid Association held an entitlement camp at its Community Resource Centre (CRC) in Shanthinagar tribal hamlet, Thariode Grama Panchayath, Wayanad, Kerala, connecting more than 40 community members with essential services. Participants received support with birth, death and marriage certificates, Aadhaar updates, and Voter ID registrations. The initiative helped tribal families access government services, social security benefits and other opportunities—advancing inclusion and making it easier to claim their entitlements. #ActionAidAssociation #TribalRights #AccessToEntitlements @sndeep

ActionAid Association organised a community meeting in Kunda Basti, Rajasthan, under the Kaam Mango Abhiyan (Demand for Work Campaign). The meeting focused on the Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme, providing a platform for community members to discuss challenges in accessing employment opportunities. Applications for work were also submitted to help workers access employment under the scheme. @sndeep

ActionAid Association conducted a Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) awareness campaign across various locations in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, reaching out to informal women workers, many of whom have migrated from nearby rural districts in search of employment. The campaign aimed to raise awareness about protection from sexual harassment and the importance of safe and secure workplaces, empowering women to recognise and address workplace harassment. @sndeep

ActionAid Association organised a BOCW registration camp at Nehru Nagar, Ward No. 4, Titilagarh, Odisha. The camp engaged 25 construction workers and helped them understand how registration works. Five workers received support to submit new applications, taking an important step toward accessing social security, welfare schemes and entitlements for themselves and their families. #ActionAidAssociation #WorkersRights #SocialSecurity @sndeep

As drought intensifies across Maharashtra, ActionAid Association is mobilising communities across 139 talukas in five districts to demand timely relief for vulnerable households. In Sangli, Beed, Nanded, Hingoli, Nagpur and Parbhani, teams are engaging district and block-level authorities, identifying families needing urgent assistance, and advocating for effective relief measures. ActionAid Association is also addressing concerns about women facing alleged harassment by microfinance recovery agents, advocating for protection from coercive recovery practices during this crisis. #ActionAidAssociation #DroughtRelief #CommunityAction @sndeep @mashkooralig