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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.
20/01/11 Woman Gets New Lease on Life after Fire Destroys Her Business
Four years ago Adut Mawien Dut’s business burned to the ground in a fire that also destroyed other small businesses in the Malualkon Market. Everything in her modest teashop was lost--tables, chairs, cups, kettles and jerry cans.
16/12/10 Saving lives in Chad
Of swiss/dutch nationality, Caroline Heuberger grew up in several different countries in Europe. After her BSc in Public Health Nutrition and a Master’s in Dietetics, Caroline has spent the last four years working as a dietitian in the UK. As nutrition programme manager for ACF-UK in Chad, she is in charge of coordinating the supplementary feeding programme in Abéché as well as evaluating its performance. Follow Caroline's blog...
17/11/10 Action Against Hunger supports thousands of people displaced by Mount Merapi in Indonesia
A large tsunami followed by the eruption of Mount Merapi, just weeks apart, has left Indonesia in turmoil. Over 400 people are dead, and more than 300,000 displaced. Displacement camps designed to accommodate 40,000 are packed with over 300,000 and many families have been forced into makeshift shelters.
27/10/10 Action Against Hunger Responds to Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
Action Against Hunger rushes to contain crisis in hard-hit areas as illness threatens thousands of lives
15/10/10 World Food Day 2010: Meet Maimouna
Follow Maimouna’s recovery from acute malnutrition at an Action Against Hunger Therapeutic Feeding Centre in Bangui.
01/10/10 Humanitarian Emergency in Pakistan
Mohamed Mechmache, Action Against Hunger’s Emergency Field Coordinator, reports on Action Against Hunger’s response to the crisis
03/09/10 Action Against Hunger Provides Clean Water & Sanitation in Flood-Affected Pakistan
Despite serious logistical challenges in reaching flood survivors in hard-hit areas of Pakistan, Action Against Hunger | ACF-International has launched emergency programmes to stem outbreaks of deadly water-borne illnesses and help families who have lost everything. These programmes target 52,500 people, particularly affected by torrential rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh regions.
25/08/10 One in Four Young Lives at Risk from Malnutrition in Western Chad
One out of every four children under five suffers from acute malnutrition in the Sahel region of Western Chad, according to nutrition surveys carried out by international humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger | ACF International. The organisation has scaled up its programmes to treat thousands of malnourished children with the condition and urges long-term preventative measures to strengthen local health systems.
25/08/10 Putting malnutrition back on the agenda in the Ivory Coast
We caught up with Nutrition & Medical Co-ordinator Raffaella Gentillini who has just returned from the Ivory Coast where she has spent the last year and a half providing long-term solutions to malnutrition in the Northern region of the country.
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