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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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International Statement: Call for Access to Populations Trapped by War And Respect of Humanitarian Aid Workers in Sri Lanka

October 11, 2006

17 employees of humanitarian non governmental organization (NGO) Action
Contre la Faim were deliberately massacred in Muttur (East Sri Lanka) on 4th of
August, 2006. This act represents an escalation of violence targeting
humanitarian actors, and as such is unprecedented in Sri Lanka. We are appalled
by this war crime.

Over the several months in Sri Lanka, access to populations has been severely
curtailed by parties to the conflict, thus violating International Humanitarian
Law. Humanitarian organizations have been denied access to civilians affected by
this conflict. As a result, approximately 200,000 displaced people do not
receive regular or sufficient assistance.

Therefore, the under-signed humanitarian NGOs appeal:

  • to the Government of Sri Lanka to undertake every measure to ensure that
    this war crime of Muttur does not stay unpunished and thus guard against
    impunity, in close collaboration with declared international experts, so that
    those responsible for the massacre of the 17 humanitarian workers of Action
    Contre la Faim be identified and tried;
  • to the parties to the conflict to respect International Humanitarian Law,
    including respect of humanitarian principles, in particular to facilitate
    unimpeded access to all victims and protection of all civilian populations;
  • to the government ant the United Nations, in particular the members of the
    UN Security Council—but also the Special Representative of the Secretary General
    for Sr Lanka and the UN High Commission for Human Rights - to use all possible
    means of diplomatic pressure on all concerned parties to demand that they
    respect International Humanitarian Law.

Under-signed humanitarian NGOs:

  1. Action contre la Faim
  2. Acted
  3. Architectes de l’urgence
  4. Aide Médicale Internationale Foundation
  5. Cooperazione e Sviluppo (CESVI)
  6. Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli (CISP)
  7. Concern
  8. DanChurchAid
  9. Diakonie Emergency Aid
  10. FinnChurchAid
  11. German Agro Action
  12. Health Unlimited
  13. Ingenieros Sin Fronteras
  14. Islamic Relief
  15. Johanniter International Assistance
  16. Lutheran World Federation - World Service
  17. Médecins du Monde
  18. Médecins Sans Frontières
  19. Mensajeros de la Paz
  20. Mission East
  21. Muslim Aid
  22. Plan – UK
  23. PMU InterLife
  24. Première Urgence
  25. Solidarités
  26. Solidaridad Internacional
  27. Tearfund
  28. World Vision

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