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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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Chicago Middle School Students Race To Make Hunger History
Race Against Hunger helps Chicago students take part in ending global malnutrition
May 1, 2008
New York, NY — Action Against Hunger USA, part of the international humanitarian organization Action Contre la Faim, is pleased to announce its inaugural Race Against Hunger designed to raise awareness about global malnutrition among middle school students in the United States. The Race will take place in spring 2008 with five schools participating in the Chicago metropolitan area: The Ancona School, University of Chicago Laboratory School, Near North Montessori, The Catherine Cook School, and Quest Academy.

Modeled after a highly successful program run by our colleagues in France, the Race Against Hunger helps students learn about the causes and treatment of global hunger while giving them a hands-on opportunity to make a difference. In France, where the Race was first developed 10 years ago, over 400 schools and more than 150,000 students participated in 2007, raising over two million euros for our international programs.

In this pilot year, as many as 700 middle school students around Chicago will participate in the US Race Against Hunger. Peg Pavelec, teacher and advisory coordinator at The Ancona School, touted the Race as "a great opportunity for students to participate in an event that educates them about global hunger while giving them a chance to be part of the solution. Through this opportunity we are helping them to rethink some of our cultural habits that contribute to global hunger, and perhaps make a lasting change in their personal lives as well as lives across the globe."

Sigg USA is generously partnering with Action Against Hunger to launch the new initiative. The maker of aluminum water bottles, Sigg USA believes in the importance of access to clean water. Their high-quality water bottles will be awarded to the top fundraisers at each school.

Program Contact:

Barbara McKinnon
Events & Grants Officer
Contact Barbara McKinnon
(212) 967-7800 ext. 121

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