Press Releases

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—At the onset of seasonal rains in Haiti, global humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International is ramping up its emergency sanitation and hygiene programs as the risk of disease outbreaks grows. The agency is rushing to build latrines and conduct public awareness campaigns in displacement camps where sanitary conditions will likely deteriorate in the coming weeks due to flooding that typically arrives in the early spring.

NEW YORK, NY—In response to massive food shortages and staggering acute malnutrition rates in Niger, global humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International launched an emergency response reinforce the health system, provide income for vulnerable families to purchase food at local markets, and bolster a national initiative to dampen the impact of the crisis.

To expand the reach of its water distribution efforts in Haiti, Action Against Hunger announced today that it has received a $100,000 grant from Tyco International to help provide clean water to people in need while longer-term repairs are made to existing supply systems and sanitation infrastructure.

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA—Food stocks have run out for thousands of families across the Corredor Seco region of northern Nicaragua, Action Against Hunger | ACF International announced today. Because of erratic rainfall associated with the effects of El Niño, more than half of this year’s harvest was destroyed, leaving the population highly food insecure.

BAHR EL GHAZAL, CHAD—A nutrition survey conducted in Bahr el Ghazal, a vast semi-arid region of western Chad, reveals global acute malnutrition rates well above the emergency threshold designated by the World Health Organization (WHO), Action Against Hunger | ACF International announced today.