News from the field
Contenu
23/11/11 Funding Shortages Leave Tens of Thousands of Pakistanis in Need
Three months after devastating monsoon rains caused extensive flooding in southern Pakistan for the second consecutive year, Pakistan faces a critical shortage of emergency funding—despite the government’s request for international assistance—with millions of in need of critical support as winter approaches.
03/11/11 Guatemala Floods Destroy Food Crops, Threatening Livelihoods of Thousands of Families
An assessment carried out by humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger | ACF International following torrential rains and flooding triggered by a tropical depression in Guatemala, has shown that over 16,700 families have been affected in the worst hit coastal departments of Escuintla, Santa Rosa, Jutiapa and San Marcos. In response, Action Against Hunger is preparing to distribute drinking water, hygiene kits and ready-to-use foods to meet the immediate needs of the most affected...
25/10/11 Fine Wine Auction & Dinner raises more than £200,000 in aid of Action Against Hunger
18/10/11 Six Keys to the End of Hunger
If combatting hunger and malnutrition around the world has previously seemed like an impossible task, Action Against Hunger’s latest series of publications – Zero Hunger- stand as proof that a considerable reduction in malnutrition is feasible, and in some cases has already been achieved, when governments and societies work together.
07/10/11 Ivory Coast: An Innovative Food Voucher Scheme Helps Communities Meet Their Basic Needs
13/09/11 Torrential Rains and Monsoon Flooding Affect Millions in Southern Pakistan
Heavy monsoon rains have displaced hundreds of thousands and complicated recovery efforts for communities still reeling from the historic floods of 2010
13/09/11 Getting it Right from the Start: Building a Better South Sudan
A coalition of 38 aid agencies have issued a report urging the international community not to squander the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people of South Sudan, the world’s newest nation.
02/09/11 What We Are Doing
Across Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Djibouti, we’re helping thousands of children in the hardest-hit regions—from the 3,000 malnourished children we’re treating in Somalia, to our efforts in Garbatulla, Kenya, where one in five children is now malnourished. We’re racing to reduce the impact of water shortages by constructing wells, drilling boreholes, and installing storage devices to capture future rainfall, in addition to promoting hygiene to prevent the spread of diarrhea, cholera, and...
18/08/11 The Story of Baby Abdullahi
As baby Abdullahi sits with her mother, eyes shining, smiling and playing happily, it is hard to believe that just a few weeks ago the little seven-month-year-old girl was suffering from severe acute malnutrition and was at dangerous risk of dying.
15/08/11 “I do not have enough food to feed my child….”
Hassan is a very worried father. His small daughter, Mariam, is three and a half years old and is suffering from severe acute malnutrition. The frail little girl weighed just 10.3 kilos, when a team from Action Against Hunger arrived in their small town of Eskot (Central Kenya) four weeks ago, to screen children for malnutrition.
