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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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Press Release for 2005

Aid Effort Perseveres Despite Worsening Weather

Temperatures hover between -2 and 10 degrees Celsius, the ground alternates between frozen solid and a sea of mud, the number of reported pneumonia cases has tripled, and, to make matters worse,

Hunger and AIDS: A Devastating Combination

New York, NY — In recognition of World AIDS Day, the international aid organization Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim or ACF) has released a report highlight

World Food Day Fundraiser Honors Archbishop Tutu

New York, NY — The humanitarian aid organization Action Against Hunger (ACF) held its annual World Food Day Gala in New York City—this year on November 11th—and raised more than $500,000 for its life-saving

Aid to Pakistan: Major Push Planned Despite Obstacles

Islamabad, Pakistan — The international aid organization Action Against Hunger (also known as Action contre la Faim or ACF) has increased its aid to those affected by the earthquake in Pakistan.

Action Against Hunger presides over NASDAQ opening bell

New York, NY — Emphasizing the need for donations and assistance in Pakistan, Cathy Skoula, executive director of the international aid organization Action Against Hunger (also know

Planeloads of Emergency Supplies Sent to Guatemala

Madrid, Spain — response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Stan, Action Against Hunger has sent the first of two planeloads of emergency supplies from Spain to San Marcos, Guatemala.

Rushing Relief Assistance to Victims of South Asian Quake

New York, NY — In response to the devastating earthquake in South Asia, the international aid organization Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action contre la Faim, or ACF) will fly in 30 tons of f

Malnutrition Rates Forecast Potential Famine in S. Sudan

Lokichoggio, Kenya — In a recently released report, the international aid organization Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim or ACF) warns that a famine may occur in s

ACF Humanitarian Award

New York, NY — Today the humanitarian aid organization Action Against Hunger (ACF) announced that it would present Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu with its annual World Food Day Humanitarian Award in

Another Niger? Emergency in Southern Sudan Ignored

New York, NY — Once again a population faces starvation—and disastrously, once again no one is paying attention.

Airplane with More Than 20 Tons of Aid Reaches Niger

Barcelona, Spain — On Sunday, August 28, the international relief organization Action Against Hunger (ACF) sent an airplane from Barcelona to Niamey, capital of Niger, carrying more than 20 tons of humanit

How 180,000 Nigeriens Will Escape Starvation

In response to the ongoing crisis in Niger, the international aid organization Action Against Hunger (ACF) has begun distributing 3,000 tons of food to 153,000 people.

Action Against Hunger Begins Distributions in Mali & Niger

The international aid organization Action Against Hunger is stepping up its response to stave off a famine that the UN warns could affect 2.5 million people—800,000 of whom are

Emergency in Mali and Niger

New York, NY — The international relief organization Action Against Hunger (ACF) called on the United States, as well as the other Group of 8 countries, to intervene in an emergency in northern Mali and Niger.

Drought Emergency in Mali

Action Against Hunger (ACF) has dispatched an emergency operation to attend to the most vulnerable groups that are being displaced in search of water, food, and grazing land for their animalsthei

A Hike Against Hunger: College Couple Hike Appalachian Trail to Put a Stop to World Hunger

April 13, 2005 They'll Start Their Trek at Amicalola Falls, Georgia, on
Saturday, February 26, 2005 at Noon.

Erica Zelfand, 20, from Sharon,

Earthquake in Iran Action Against Hunger mobilizes to assist victims in the affected villages

Within hours of the early morning earthquake in Iran on February 22, relief teams from Action Against Hunger arrived in the affected area to evaluate the damage and the urgent needs of the popula

Emergency in Iran, Action Against Hunger is Already Helping in the Area of Earthquake Devastation

Madrid, Spain — Early this morning, an earthquake shook the province of Kerman in southeast Iran.

More than three years after the crisis: Almost Half of Argentina's Population Still Lives in Poverty

Argentina, February 10, 2005- The current situation in
Argentina, in terms of its population quality of life, continues to be very

Restaurants Against Hunger Tsunami Fundraising Event

Action Against Hunger and New York City Restaurants join forces to support Tsunami Survivors on Feb 9, 2005.

Jean-Christophe Rufin, President of ACF-France, Visits Post-Tsunami South Asia

South Asia, January 8, 2005- Jean-Christoffe Rufin, President
of Action Against Hunger France, is bringing his support to the teams and to the

ACF Implements Assistance Programs, Aceh, Indonesia

Banda Aceh, Indonesia, January 7, 2005- Action Against Hunger
has had a presence in Indonesia since 1997 for emergency interventions in