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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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A Hike Against Hunger: College Couple Hike Appalachian Trail to Put a Stop to World Hunger
Spirited Pair Set to Hike 2,174 Miles along the Appalachian Trail to Draw Attention to Global Hunger Crisis and Raise Funds for Nutrition, Water and Sanitation, and Health Programs.
April 12, 2005

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

Erica Zelfand, 20, from Sharon,
Massachusetts, and Timothy Crespi, from Pearl River, New York, decided to make
the 2,174 mile hike to draw attention to the possibility of ending hunger
throughout the world. "There are so many potential solutions to hunger," said
Zelfand. "Food is the simplest thing that people need, and hunger doesn't have
to exist. Ending hunger is worth fighting for."

Erica and Timothy on the TrailZelfand grew up on the Appalachian
Trail in Massachusetts and has wanted to make the hike since she was a girl. She
sees her hike as a way of mobilizing Americans to address hunger more
effectively. She is taking a semester off to complete the hike, and her
commitment convinced her boyfriend Crespi to join her. "More than 800 million
people still go to bed hungry in a world of 6 million people producing enough
food to feed 8 billion people," Crespi said. "We can do better for those who
still lack these basic needs."

To make their hike more than just
symbolic, Zelfand and Crespi wanted to partner with an organization that focuses
specifically on hunger and to raise funds for effective programs. After
researching numerous relief organizations, they chose Action Against Hunger.
"Action Against Hunger is one of the few non-government organizations that focus
specifically on ending hunger," said Zelfand and Crespi. "They have more 25
years of experience addressing hunger in more than 40 countries. They've
developed programs and protocols that have become models for other organizations
worldwide, and they ensure that assistance gets directly to people who need it
by having international staff present while their programs are carried out."

Zelfand stressed that helping doesn't require a great deal of money. "A
donation of just $50 can feed a severely malnourished child with therapeutic
milk for 30 days, and $35 can buy a community a water pump for a fresh well.
Putting the money from a single takeout meal or a daily cup of coffee toward the
Hike Against Hunger can make a noticeable difference for those with much less,"
she said.

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.

Press Contact

Action Against Hunger - USA

James L. Phelan
Senior External Relations Officer, ACF-USA
Contact James Phelan
Direct: 212-967-7800 x108
Cell: 646-265-7796