Stories

As the country grapples with the coronavirus crisis, Action Against Hunger teams are providing urgent support to vulnerable communities.

In Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, ongoing fighting between different communities has destroyed homes and livelihoods – causing widespread hunger.

Six years on from the start of the war, 400,000 children could die from hunger in Yemen.

How Nyanut Kuan is committed to providing clean water for her village in South Sudan.

In late 2020, more than one million people were trapped or forced to leave their homes because of extreme flooding.

Tondrua is an Action Against Hunger volunteer in South Sudan. As the country remains vulnerable to coronavirus, he continues to raise awareness among his community.

How health workers like Dr Ayesha Aziz in Pakistan have been treating children with life-threatening hunger during the coronavirus crisis.

How we’re supporting communities in Pakistan to get the nutrients they need to maintain healthy diets.

After being admitted with malnutrition to an Action Against Hunger health centre in Mogadishu, Somalia, two-year-old Mohamed was able to go home after just ten days.

Our Communications Manager in Somalia discusses being the only female photojournalist in Mogadishu, and describes how she captured the remarkable recovery of a one-year-old girl from life-threatening hunger for our Six Weeks To Save a Life Appeal.

Meet the mothers in Mpwapwa, who have seen, first-hand, the benefits from our nutrition programme in the region.

How Fatuma’s 20-month-old daughter Halima survived life-threatening hunger.