[5] Priority issues are respect for human rights, women's empowerment and protection of the environment in the countries of the south.

[7] Funded projects have to meet one main criteria: they should be initiated and implemented by local people and serve the entire community.

Action for World Solidarity's priority issues are women's empowerment by means of self-organization and self-help groups as well as the promotion of sustainable and organic agriculture.

"Aufruf für die Hungernden"), initiated by Lothar Kreyssig in 1957 and signed by well-known personalities of German public life, including Heinrich Albertz, Willy Brandt, Heinz Galinski, Kurt Scharf and Otto Suhr.

[9] Until 1982, the support of children's homes ran out and since then Action for World Solidarity intensively promotes community aid.

[7] Since 1994, Action for World Solidarity is awarded the Donation Seal-of-Approval from the German Central Institute for Social Issues (DZI) and is accordingly recognized as worthy of support.

[20] Action for world Solidarity is member of VENRO (Association of German Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs),[21] BER (Developmental Advice of Berlin),[22] Berlin Global Village,[23] BUKO (Federal Coordination of Internationalism),[24] Gemeinsam für Afrika (Together for Africa),[25] Dalit Solidarität Deutschland (Dalit Solidarity Germany),[26] KoBra (Cooperation Brasil),[27] Zimbabwe Netzwerk (Zimbabwe Network)[28] and Allianz Rechtssicherheit für politische Willensbildung (Alliance Legal Certainty for the Forming of the Political Will).