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Action Against Hunger has developed its water and sanitation expertise over nearly three decades of field work, advancing a number of solutions for populations at risk from water insecurity.
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Central to the targeting of malnutrition, Action Against Hunger extends water and sanitation improvements to communities with little or no access to proper sources.
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Action Against Hunger's programs are sustainable because of our commitment to community participation—to build local capacity and harnesses a population's energy and resources.
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Though strategies may vary, our food security interventions all share a common goal: to fight hunger by preserving and strengthening livelihoods in a sustainable and contextual manner.
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Action Against Hunger’s innovative food security programs offer a broad range of solutions for generating income, boosting food production, and strengthening livelihoods.
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Our comprehensive approach to hunger involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, and inadequate sanitation.
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Action Against Hunger occupies a unique place among international organizations: our expertise encompasses emergency relief, longer-term development, and the terrain in between.
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We have developed an effective method to treat acute malnutrition that includes field-tested protocols and nutritional products backed by an international scientific advisory committee.
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Action Against Hunger helps rehabilitate and restock public health infrastructure, fields mobile health clinics, and trains local medical personnel on preventative and diagnostic care.
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Our comprehensive programs address the linkages between disease and malnutrition by coordinating with local expertise and strengthening existing public health systems.
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Sudan/Darfur: Action Against Hunger Responds to Major Humanitarian Crisis
October 28, 2004

Faced with the prospect of the crisis dragging on in Darfur, Sudan, Action Against Hunger, a leading nutritional aid organization, is continuing its relief efforts. Our priorities are currently two-fold:

  • Intervene on behalf of populations in the most remote areas, who derive little benefit from current humanitarian aid due to inaccessibility and security difficulties.
  • Work on medium-range prospects, in particular agricultural revival programs that will make family food autonomy possible.

Furthermore, although Darfur’s nutritional situation appears to have stabilized in a significant number of areas thanks to international humanitarian efforts, child malnutrition remains particularly high in Nyala with a global malnutrition rate of 26%, 3% of which is severe. Having installed nutritional centers in North and South Darfur, our teams are starting a new in-home treatment program in an urgent effort to reduce these alarming rates.

The Darfur conflict is one of the most tragic humanitarian crises in the past 10 years, with more than 1 million displaced persons and 1.5 million affected Sudanese. Pressure from the international community, along with strong humanitarian mobilization, has kept several thousand people from dying of hunger and sickness, and this mobilization must continue. However, at this stage in the crisis, it is vital that the parties in conflict be rapidly guided in finding a long-lasting solution to their disagreements.

A Pessimistic Future

"We have no choice but to be pessimistic about the situation of the civilian population of Darfur. It must be made known that the barbaric acts continue, with the majority of townspeople afraid to return to their villages. Without serious guarantees of protection, at the moment, the people have no future prospects whatsoever," stated Benoît Miribel, General Director of Action Against Hunger, upon his return from Darfur. Cultivated land has been substantially reduced and harvests are practically nonexistent. The people are now completely dependent on food aid, and will continue to be so for several months more. Furthermore, a return of the displaced persons to their homes is inconceivable, as in the current climate it would mean certain death.

It is vital that concrete political progress be made known so that people can foresee hope for the future, lest the conflict drag on. Miribel adds: "As a humanitarian player, we feel we are fulfilling our mission in the country; but humanitarianism must not become an excuse for political inaction."

About Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF), an international relief and development organization committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families, provides sustainable access to safe water and long-term solutions to hunger. For nearly three decades, ACF has pursued its vision of a world without hunger by combating hunger in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity.

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Action Against Hunger - USA

James L. Phelan
Senior External Relations Officer, ACF-USA
Contact James Phelan
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Action Against Hunger - France

Sylvain Trottier
Chargé de communication, ACF-France
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