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16/03/10 An interview with Pierre Tripon, Action Against Hunger’s Country Director in Haiti
Pierre Tripon reports on the current humanitarian needs in Haiti, Action Against Hunger’s emergency programmes, and the country’s prospects for the future.
12/03/10 Two Months On
Two months on from the earthquake that devastated Haiti, Action Against Hunger continues to ensure that survivors have the basics for survival. Already providing food and water to tens of thousands of survivors, our teams are racing against time to prepare for yet another challenge – the rainy season. Sanitation and the distribution of shelter are now paramount to ensure the humanitarian situation does not deteriorate further.
11/03/10 Hunger and Malnutrition Crisis Resurfaces in Niger
In response to massive food shortages and staggering acute malnutrition rates in Niger, international humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger | ACF International launched an emergency response to provide nutritional support to children, increase the income of vulnerable families and bolster a national initiative to dampen the impact of the crisis. These interventions come on the heel of an announcement by the government of Niger that the rate of severe food insecurity in the country has...
03/03/10 A second chance at life
Chance Segorundo is an 11-month old boy from the village of Shasha in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He began to lose his appetite in October when his mother became ill and was no longer able to breastfeed him. This past December, after his mother died, he stopped eating altogether.
03/03/10 Food Scarce for Thousands of Nicaraguan Families
Action Against Hunger calls for immediate relief after irregular rains destroy crops in area bordering Honduras
18/02/10 Staggering Malnutrition Rates Uncovered in Chad
BAHR EL GHAZAL, CHAD—A nutrition survey conducted in Bahr el Ghazal, a vast semi-arid region of western Chad, reveals global acute malnutrition rates well above the emergency threshold designated by the World Health Organisation, Action Against Hunger | ACF International announced today. In response, the international humanitarian organisation has launched a multi-pronged intervention to support the 17,000 children at risk of life-threatening malnutrition.
18/02/10 Fresh Food Vouchers: Tapping Local Markets to Fight Malnutrition
Cutting-edge programme empowers refugees and improves health in Kenya
03/02/10 Aid Reaches Thousands of Earthquake Survivors in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Three weeks after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck parts of western Haiti, Action Against Hunger | ACF-International is providing displaced families with access to food, water and sanitation in hard-hit neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. In spite of gasoline shortages, airport delays, and other logistical limitations, the international humanitarian organization has assisted thousands of people left homeless and in dire need of life-sustaining...
28/01/10 Strengthening the local work force
Last month Action Against Hunger began training its national and international staff based in East and Central Africa at a brand-new center in Nairobi, Kenya. Maxine Clayton, the driving force behind the initiative, sat down with us to discuss the center and its impact on ACF’s ability to prevent and treat malnutrition in the region.
26/01/10 Action Against Hunger establishes mother-baby tents to protect the youngest survivors of the quake
Amidst the camps for earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince, Action Against Hunger | ACF-International has established multiple mother-baby centres specifically designed to provide a range of services to mothers with young children, including a safe environment for breastfeeding, as well as medical, nutritional and psychological support. Some 5,000 mothers and their infants will receive assistance in these makeshift tents.
Action Against Hunger is targeting mothers with children under six...
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