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At 01.30 local time in Afghanistan on 22 June, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Central Region of Afghanistan. It is impacting Paktika and Khost provinces.
As famine increases in six regions across Somalia, the country's humanitarian response plan remains 85% unfunded.
As G7 Development Ministers meet today, Action Against Hunger warns of devastating hunger crises around the world. The organisation is calling on the G7 countries to launch a food and nutrition security alliance and to immediately provide a multi-billion dollar support package to save the most vulnerable people from starvation.
The UK Government has today launched its strategy for international development. In reaction to this, Action of Against Hunger has released the following statement.
Yesterday the Black Sea export port of Odesa was struck by Russian missiles. Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the international community to end the blockade of his country’s ports, in order to allow wheat shipments and prevent a global food crisis.
CEO, Jean-Michel Grand reacts to 2022 Global Report on Food Crises which shows that levels of hunger worldwide are at a record high.
One of the worst droughts in a generation is currently unfolding in the Horn of Africa, combined with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, exponentially high food prices, desert locusts and protracted armed conflict.
As donors convene in Geneva, Action Against Hunger and over 50 NGOs called for an urgent and substantial step-up in funding and leadership to respond to the humanitarian catastrophe facing millions in the Horn of Africa due to the severe drought, warning that further delays will cost lives.
The Duke and Duchess met the DEC’s Chief Executive Saleh Saeed as well as aid workers who have recently returned from Ukraine and neighbouring countries where 5 million refugees have fled.
To tackle the rising problem of food poverty in the UK, Action Against Hunger UK partnered with the globally renowned restaurant chain YO! Sushi to host cooking classes at Brasshouse Community Centre in Smethwick.
Leading international organisations report an additional 11 million people could be pushed into hunger just over the next three months.
Six leading female names in the food industry have raised over £20,000 for Action Against Hunger UK.
