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Action Against Hunger has developed its water and sanitation expertise over nearly three decades of field work, advancing a number of solutions for populations at risk from water insecurity.
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Central to the targeting of malnutrition, Action Against Hunger extends water and sanitation improvements to communities with little or no access to proper sources.
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Though strategies may vary, our food security interventions all share a common goal: to fight hunger by preserving and strengthening livelihoods in a sustainable and contextual manner.
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Action Against Hunger’s innovative food security programs offer a broad range of solutions for generating income, boosting food production, and strengthening livelihoods.
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Our comprehensive approach to hunger involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, and inadequate sanitation.
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We have developed an effective method to treat acute malnutrition that includes field-tested protocols and nutritional products backed by an international scientific advisory committee.
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Action Against Hunger helps rehabilitate and restock public health infrastructure, fields mobile health clinics, and trains local medical personnel on preventative and diagnostic care.
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Our comprehensive programs address the linkages between disease and malnutrition by coordinating with local expertise and strengthening existing public health systems.
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Press Releases for 2008

Assessments Ongoing, Instability Reigns in Eastern D.R. Congo

November 7, 2008
New York, NY — The international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) has dispatched emergency teams to North Kivu, D.R. Congo, where tens of thousands have been displaced in the latest round of armed conflict between government troops and rebel militias. The teams are assessing on the ground conditions in the Sake-Minova axis, west of Lake Kivu.
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Four Action Against Hunger Staff Kidnapped in Somalia

November 5, 2008
Paris, France — This morning in Dhusa Mareb, Somalia, four expatriates working for the humanitarian aid agency Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) were ambushed by gunmen while en route to the airport.
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Anderson Cooper Chosen for Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award

October 14, 2008
New York, NY — The global humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) will honor award-winning journalist Anderson Cooper on December 2nd with its 9th annual Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award.
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Seasons of Hunger: New Publication Offers Solutions to Cyclical Hunger

October 10, 2008
New York, NY — The international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) announces the release of Seasons of Hunger: Fighting Cycles of Quiet Starvation Among the World’s Rural Poor.
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ACF Mobilizes Emergency Response to Crisis In Haiti

September 9, 2008
Port au Prince, Haiti — The humanitarian aid organization Action Against Hunger/Action Contre la Faim (ACF) is gravely concerned about the catastrophic situation that Haiti, and the city of Gonaives in particular, faces after the passage of three successive hurricanes.
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