ActionAid (AAU) is a Ugandan national development organisation , affiliated to ActionAid International and has worked in Uganda since 1982 and currently working in 36 districts with offices and staff in 15 districts.

ActionAid focuses on securing increased social justice for people living in extreme poverty and exclusion in the areas where they work in Uganda.

The organisation is primarily concerned with defending and raising awareness of human rights, be they economic, social, cultural, civil or political.

Employing local staff in its work, the organisation supports projects and programmes that promote the interests of poor and excluded people at all levels.

Recognising that poverty cannot be fought single-handedly, ActionAid works with others in the fight to end poverty and injustice.