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ActionAid - India
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History
ActionAid works in India as an anti-poverty agency, working in India since 1972 with the poor people to end poverty and injustice together.
Mission
To work with the poor and excluded in their struggle to eradicate poverty, patriarchy and injustice
Vision
A world without poverty, patriarchy and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to life with dignity
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