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Despite the enormous challenges, our teams in Gaza have been able to provide aid to 60,000 families (340,000 people) since the conflict began in October. With Gaza on the verge of a devastating famine, we are calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire to allow sustained humanitarian access to people in dire need.
Barrages of Russian missile strikes have been striking essential civilian infrastructure in several Ukrainian cities. This has restricted access to water, heating and electricity.
A report produced by the UN, governments, and NGOs, including Action Against Hunger, has been published with the highest rating, Phase 5 or Catastrophe, for food security in two areas of Gaza. Despite the extreme challenges, Action Against Hunger continues to work in some areas of Gaza distributing water, food, hygiene products or installing latrines.
Despite an eventual deal to transition away from fossil fuels, COP28's outcomes fall significantly short of the necessary measures to limit warming to 1.5 °C and effectively combat food insecurity through agricultural reforms.
The new study, which shows that a significant percentage of children successfully treated for severe acute malnutrition are vulnerable to relapse, provides valuable new insights that could save lives by improving the long-term impact of threadbare aid budgets.
The United Nations has launched its £37 billion appeal to support 180.5 million people across 72 countries with humanitarian aid and protection.
Action Against Hunger teams have been able to scale up their humanitarian response, however, the renewed fighting puts our activities at risk, which is why we insist that a permanent ceasefire is necessary to meet the most basic needs of Gaza’s civilian population.
After years of drought left soils unable to absorb moisture, severe flooding has killed dozens of people and continues to wipe out entire villages, displacing people in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
The charity has released a statement welcoming the four-day truce, but calling for an extension to ensure civilians are protected and our humanitarian response can be scaled-up.
The organisation has screened more than 665,000 children in the first half of the year, with a projection of a million screenings by the end of the year
Today, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) publishes the first UK White Paper on international development since 2009. According to Action Against Hunger UK's Head of Advocacy, Kate Munro, it comes at a critical time.
Imminent rainwater will add to sewage flowing in the streets, increasing the risk of disease according to Action Against Hunger. The aid agency has been distributing water to civilians, but not enough to cope with the scale of demand
