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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Where We Work

Cambodia
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Thirty years of civil war in Cambodia has created a situation of systematic human rights abuses. Cambodia probably has the highest number of landmine amputees in relation to the size of population in the world: one amputee for every 236-425 people. Estimates of the total number of amputees in the country vary between 18,000 and 40,000.

Program Information

Directing HQ: 
Action Against Hunger - France
Launch Date: 
January 1989
World Region: 
Asia
Location(s): 
Mondulkiri, Kampong Cham, Phnom Pehn
Expatriates: 
4
Local Staff: 
44
Beneficiaries: 
22,704people
Funding: 
ECHO, MRC (Mekong River Commission), DIPECHO, private donors

Humanitarian Context

  • Thirty years of civil war in Cambodia has created a situation of systematic human rights abuses
  • The estimated death toll of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal military regime and the conflict with Vietnam is more than a million, among the victims political opponents, students, monks and community leaders
  • It is calculated that there are between 6 and 10 million landmines scattered indiscriminately across all regions of the country. Cambodia probably has the highest number of landmine amputees in relation to the size of population in the world: one amputee for every 236-425 people. Estimates of the total number of amputees in the country vary between 18,000 and 40,000.
  • Minefields , floods and drought are constant threats to the production of rice, Cambodia 's staple food.
  • Medical problems include the risks of epidemics and the rapid spread of HIV/ AIDS
  • 75% of the workforce is employed in subsistence agriculture.
  • Although almost half of the territory is woodland, illegal logging is very common, leading to deforestation and soil erosion.

Area(s) of Work

Water & Sanitation: 
  • Rehabilitation of wells and drillings
  • Installation of drinking water tanks
  • Construction of latrines
  • Health and hygiene education