About us

We save the lives of malnourished children and support their families to beat hunger.
With the worst drought in 40 years and escalating food prices as a result of the war in Ukraine, there’s a looming hunger crisis. Millions of children are at risk of severe hunger.
We work across east Africa, but we don’t have the funding we need to cope with the scale of this crisis. We need your help to do more.
Right now, families in east Africa are facing unprecedented levels of hunger and malnutrition. The rates of life-threatening hunger are staggering.
Just a few weeks ago, in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia roughly 14 million people – about half of them children – were waking up severely hungry every day. In the next few months, it’s expected this number will hit 20 million.
Harvests are failing and livestock are dying, so there’s less food available. And the food that’s available is getting more and more expensive – meaning the most vulnerable families can’t get the basics they need to survive.
Despite all of this, we know that hunger is preventable.
Action Against Hunger is working across east Africa to fight hunger and malnutrition.
In the face of this extreme crisis, we don’t have the funding we need. But with your support, we can save lives this summer.
Your donation could help us to prevent the crisis from escalating – and provide urgent treatment for those who are facing famine in East Africa and around the world.
Your donation will be used wherever the need is greatest.
Like many other countries across east Africa, Somalia is on the brink of famine. Meet mums Mumina and Aftin who share their story of how they've been affected by the hunger crisis.
We save the lives of malnourished children and support their families to beat hunger.
96p in every £1 we raise goes directly to our charitable activities.
At all times, our aim is to save the lives of vulnerable people affected by hunger.