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Financial Times Seasonal Appeal raises over $1.6 million in aid of Action Against Hunger
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Thanks to the extremely generous support from Financial Times readers, an amazing $1,639,185 million has been raised in aid of Action Against Hunger | ACF International’s life-saving programmes around the world.
Paul Wilson, Chairman of ACF-UK, said: "We would like to say a warm thank you to all those who contributed towards making the Financial Times Seasonal appeal such a fantastic success. The funds raised thanks to the appeal will greatly help make an invaluable, real difference to the lives of thousands of children at risk of life-threatening malnutrition and their families in some of the poorest countries worldwide. Whether saving the lives of malnourished children or providing food security to thousands of vulnerable communities, all funds raised will have a lasting impact."
Over the course of the appeal, FT correspondents reported exclusively from Guatemala, Pakistan, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Niger, bringing to life the reality of child hunger and its underlying causes. The FT’s online appeal coverage also featured a blog series from ACF staff members who provided detailed accounts of their successes and challenges in combating hunger and malnutrition in six countries spanning the globe.
The appeal, which ran from November to January, was supported by Weight Watchers International and the John and Wendy Neu Family Foundation, who contributed $100,000 and $200,000 respectively. An exclusive online auction of lunches with top FT writers raised an amazing $111,000 towards the appeal. A further $1.08 million was raised through other initiatives including a gala dinner in New York and Fine Wine Auction in London.
“Because of the generosity of FT readers, Action Against Hunger will be able to save even more young lives threatened by malnutrition and help families gain a foothold in some of the poorest and most inaccessible places on earth,” said Raymond Debbane, Chairman of Action Against Hunger’s Board of Directors. “To everyone who contributed to the appeal, thank you.”
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Stories from the Financial Times
Trying to turn a tide of malnutrition
December 23, 2010
The muddy torrent of water swept through Rita Bonilla’s single-storey house in Santa Ana Mixtán late one night in September. Within minutes the water in the small town on Guatemala’s Pacific coastal plain had risen to waist height and Bonilla and her family scrambled on to a flat roof.
Barber cuts a dash after help for fresh start
December 22, 2010
In its own way, the Super Salon hairdresser in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a redoubt in the world’s defences against the hunger that stalks 1bn people worldwide
Pakistani farmers rebuild after flood
December 20, 2010
In the age-old battle of man versus nature unfolding on the floodplains of the Indus, Pandi Mala, a rice grower, seems to have suffered a knock-out punch.
Menace beneath the surface
December 17, 2010
Clean water and sanitation play a critical role in fighting malnutrition, which is why water programmes highlight a central tenet of Action Against Hunger’s philosophy
On the edge
December 17, 2010
There is little that glitters in the children’s ward of Nola District Hospital. Perhaps that is why Vanessa Awendu’s earrings stand out. The malnourished child’s jewellery – matching the pair worn by her 26-year-old mother, Seraphine – seems defiantly feminine in the face of a condition that can render boys and girls difficult to distinguish.
War on crop disease yields a better diet
December 16, 2010
In the fight against malnutrition, campaigns against crop diseases are progressing well. In eastern Congo, virus-resistant cassava bulbs are making a huge difference to the region’s poor
Diamond find lifts miner amid economic gloom
December 13, 2010
The vagaries of global commodity markets can have as damaging an effect as war or natural disaster in countries which depend on one or two key export markets.
Storing up for the future
December 10, 2010
Action Against Hunger helps farmers in southern Niger through a collective that offers grain storage facilities and arranges credit against the value of their crops
Charity offers hope for malnourished Pygmy groups
December 6, 2010
The youngsters of Wodo Dobili receive frequent lessons in what it is to be an outsider. “When our children go to school the others beat them up, so they come back here,” says Jean-Claude Mele, a 21-year-old who is one of the estimated 500,000 members of central Africa’s various Pygmy ethnic groups.
The heroics of the humble peanut
December 3, 2010
Plumpy’nut and other therapeutic ready-to-use foods have transformed the campaign against severe acute malnutrition
Glimmer of hope for malnourished children
November 29, 2010
When Florinda Reyes first got to the nutritional recovery centre in San Juan Ermita, a small town in the hills of eastern Guatemala, her malnourished baby daughter could not even take in fluids.
Action Against Hunger in eastern Congo
November 26, 2010
For the charity, reaching starving children before their fragile bodies give up is the most pressing task. The story of five-year-old Anna Rebecca Susa tells of the struggles of those displaced by conflict
Seasonal appeal: Offering the gift of life
November 21, 2010
Tom Burgis treks into a remote region of the Central African Republic to report on how Action Against Hunger/ACF International, which the FT is supporting in this year’s seasonal appeal, works to alleviate and prevent malnutrition in more than 40 countries
FT selects hunger charity for appeal
Action Against Hunger works in more than 40 countries and its 4,600 aid workers help over 4m a year, especially children at risk of malnutrition
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