Stories

Since the conflict started, Action Against Hunger has supported more than 650,000 people in Ukraine and neighbouring countries.

That’s the question we asked a community near Louga in Senegal as part of our new, innovative participatory photography project. We gave them cameras and encouraged them to share their experiences through their own eyes and thoughts.

If the worst drought in a generation wasn’t making things hard enough, the conflict in Ukraine is causing food prices to skyrocket across East Africa. 50 million are already on the brink of famine. And the worst is yet to come.

This World Mental Health Day, psychologists give an inside view of how mothers and their children are coping with the ongoing conflict and how better mental health leads to improved health and wellbeing.

A UN report has revealed 828 million people don't have enough food to eat. That's an increase of 150 million since the Covid-19 pandemic started. World leaders must step up now to take action.

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.

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of civilians. So far, our emergency response to the crisis has reached 150,000 people in Ukraine and neighbouring Poland, Romania and Moldova.

We all know the conflict in Ukraine is devastating – the daily horrors are chilling and terrifying. But less well-known is the impact this will have in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Action Against Hunger’s Communications Officer in Yemen, Nada al-Saqaf, shares her story of what life has been in Yemen, before and during the seven-year conflict.

Huge numbers of people are crossing Ukraine's border into Moldova with only what they can carry. We're supporting them with food, hygiene kits and counselling.

Since the conflict in Ukraine started, over 3 million people have fled into neighbouring Moldova, Poland and Romania. Hear from Ukrainian refugees who met our teams in Poland.

Our former colleague Ana* shares her story of life in Kyiv during the first airstrikes, how she managed to leave the city and how she’s supporting the humanitarian response in Moldova.