ACTED
Description
Created in 1993, ACTED is a non-governmental organization with a mission to provide immediate
humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating
longer term opportunities for sustainable growth and the realization of people’s potential. ACTED
provides tailored support to local needs by breaking down silos through an area-based approach and
the complementary use of different aid instruments. Building on the Sustainable Development Goals
commitments and its historic programming in line with these goals, ACTED developed its 3Zero vision
to promote new approaches to contemporary challenges, which aims to radically reshape the way
individuals, businesses and communities live, work and interact. Since 2012, ACTED Philippines
possesses a strong expertise in the response to natural disasters and also engages in the support to
social cohesion and sustainable development, and intervenes with capacity building of local
organizations, promotion of inter-religious and inter-community dialogue, training of media
practitioners, and organization of Quick Impact Projects to prevent conflict and mainstream tolerance
and non-discrimination. Finally, ACTED supports rural development, income enhancement and
market channel creation, benefitting farmer communities in Luzon Island. ACTED currently counts 1
million beneficiaries and supports 21 civil society organizations in the country.