ACF International Network
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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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Towards a Worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Chad
February 8, 2008
Paris, France — Uncertainty is the only current outcome given the ongoing military confrontation in Chad. The humanitarian situation was dire before fighting erupted last week, but Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) is concerned the crisis will deteriorate further in N’Djamena and in the sprawling camps for refugees and internally displaced peoples in the east. Meanwhile, populations fleeing into neighboring Cameroon are also in need, and ACF has sent an emergency team to assess the extent of the humanitarian crisis in northern Cameroon.

Some 30,000 Chadian Refugees Flee to Cameroon: ACF Sends Emergency Team to Investigate

Approximately 30,000 people have sought refuge in Cameroon in and around the border town of Kousseri following the fighting that erupted in the Chadian capital over the weekend. While an eerie calm seems to have returned to N’Djamena, access to food and water could rapidly deteriorate. An ACF team is on the ground to assess the most urgent needs of the refugees.

N’Djamena and the Rest of Chad: Cut-off and Isolated

The situation in the capital of N’Djamena also gives rise to many concerns. Many food warehouses and markets—including the central market—have been plundered or burnt down. Prices of food staples have dramatically increased, and the city is nearly completely cut off from the provision of external supplies, with substantial decreases in trade. Trade elsewhere in the country is also severely limited as most goods and foodstuffs typically pass through the capital.

Humanitarian Assistance Hampered in Eastern Chad: Aid Not Reaching the Camps

The provision of assistance to Eastern Chad has been disrupted—the erstwhile “humanitarian corridor” established by the UN and its partners some years ago now no longer functions. Until only recently, most aid supplies were transported via Abeche as they wound their way to the camps where some 400,000 people receive shelter—some 220,000 refugees from Darfur and another 180,000 internally displaced people. Alarmingly, the most basic of supplies like fuel and food are no longer reaching Abeche. And while these communities can cope in the short term, the flow of international assistance has been seriously hampered, threatening new crises in the weeks to come if the flow is not restored to these dependent camps.

Due to the mounting insecurity, ACF evacuated some non-essential staff from N’Djamena and from Eastern Chad. Six international staff and their Chadian colleagues continue ACF’s programs in Abeche and Dogdore.

Action Against Hunger has provided water and sanitation services, food security programs, and psychological support in the Dogdore camp for displaced peoples (Dar Silla) where 30,000 people have sought shelter.

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

Action Against Hunger - France

Sylvain Trottier
Chargé de communication, ACF-France
strottier@actioncontrelafaim.org
Direct: + 33 1 43 35 82 24
Offsite/Weekends: + 06 70 01 58 34 / + 06 70 01 58 43