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30/07/11 One Year Anniversary
One year ago, Pakistan was hit by the worst flooding in its history when monsoon rains swept away homes, bridges, and roads, leaving millions displaced. Since the floods, Action Against Hunger has played a crucial role in the country’s recovery, providing a range of post-emergency services for some 670,000 people struggling to recover from last year’s traumatic floods.
26/07/11 A Community's Struggle for Survival
It is hard to believe that green pastures ever existed in Garbatulla. Now there is only a sandy soil strewn with animal carcasses burned by the sun. Nothing grows here now and in the memory of all the villagers, there has not been a drought like this for 60 years. Helpless farmers are watching their livestock die as there is no longer any pasture for them to feed on. In a region where livestock is the only source of income and food for so many, this is a huge crisis.
07/07/11 Our teams Respond to Devastating Food Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of children are facing life-threatening malnutrition across East Africa. Our teams are on the ground in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti, treating severely malnourished children and providing urgent food and water to thousands of families.
19/05/11 Malnutrition in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala
The most severe time of year for Dona Victoria and her is between May and August. This is the hunger season. During these months food prices are extremely high and merchants cease trading in the village because people cannot afford to buy their goods. As a result villagers have to walk for two hours or more to the city of Jocotan, where they pay double the normal price for maize.
15/04/11 A Fundraiser’s Visit to the West Bank
Action Against Hunger’s Food-related Fundraising Coordinator, Cassy Olszewski, recently visited the West Bank in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to see firsthand some of the programmes that the international humanitarian organisation is operating in the country.
27/01/11 Pakistan: Six Months After the Floods
Last July Pakistan was hit by the worst flooding in its history. Monsoon rains swept away homes, bridges and roads, leaving millions displaced and in need of immediate assistance.
20/01/11 Sudanese Families Returning Home After Years Get Help to Restart Their Lives
When Ahok Dut Deng was 20 years old, she, like many other southern Sudanese living in the Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, was forced to flee to the north. Straddling northern and southern Sudan, Northern Bahr el Ghazal state suffered considerable violence during the 20 year civil war that displaced four million people.
12/01/11 A Story of Hope
Read the story of the Toussoiset family's defiant struggle for survival in Port-au-Prince.
11/01/11 Nico: The Story of One Child's Survival
Meet Nico, a boy from Wanie Rukula who was so severely malnourished he could barely move. Thanks to Action Against Hunger’s support for treatment centers in his village, Nico survived and is thriving.
15/12/10 Our Impact in 2010
This year an earthquake and cholera devastated Haiti, floods destroyed Pakistan, deadly hunger ravaged D.R. Congo and severe drought hit Niger.
Action Against Hunger was there and in more than 40 other countries, providing life-saving assistance and helping restore self-sufficiency to millions. Here’s just a glimpse of our impact in 2010.
