Action Against Hunger facts for kids
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| Formation | 1979 |
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| Type | Non-profit |
| Purpose | To end child hunger whilst providing communities with access to safe water and amazing solutions to hunger. |
| Headquarters | New York, USA; Toronto, Canada; London, UK; Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; Mumbai, India; Milan, Italy |
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Region served
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Over 51 countries around the world |
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Staff
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Over 7000 |
| Website | www.actioncontrelafaim.org (FR) www.actionagainsthunger.org (US) www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk (UK) www.actioncontrelafaim.ca (CA) www.accioncontraelhambre.org (ES) www.actionagainsthunger.in (IN) www.azionecontrolafame.it (IT) |
Action Against Hunger (also known as Action Contre La Faim - ACF) is a worldwide organization. It started in France and works to end world hunger. This group helps children who are malnourished. They also make sure communities have safe water and lasting ways to fight hunger.
Action Against Hunger has worked in 56 countries. In 2022, over 8,990 staff members helped 28 million people who needed support.
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What is Action Against Hunger?
Action Against Hunger was started in 1979. A group of French doctors, scientists, and writers created it. Alfred Kastler, a physicist who won a Nobel Prize, was the first chairman. Today, Ashwini Kakkar, a businessman from Mumbai, is the International President.
The group first helped refugees from Afghanistan in Pakistan. They also helped communities in Uganda that were suffering from famine. And they supported Cambodian refugees in Thailand. During the 1980s and 1990s, they grew. They started helping with other problems in Africa, the Middle East, and other places.
Important Discoveries
Action Against Hunger's science team created a special therapeutic milk formula. It's called F100. Now, all major aid groups use it to treat severe acute malnutrition. This milk helped reduce the death rate of very malnourished children.
Later, this special milk was made into ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs). These are like peanut-based paste bars. They let children be treated for malnutrition at home. These bars do not need cooking or refrigeration.
How Action Against Hunger Helps
The international network of Action Against Hunger has offices in eight countries. These are France, Germany, Spain, the United States, Canada, Italy, India, and the UK.
They focus on four main areas to help people:
- Nutrition and Health: Making sure people, especially children, get enough good food.
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Providing clean water and teaching good hygiene habits.
- Food Security & Livelihoods: Helping communities find ways to get and grow their own food.
- Emergency Response: Giving quick help when disasters or crises happen.
In 2022, Action Against Hunger USA led a project funded by USAID. This project worked to improve health and nutrition around the world. They partnered with other groups like Pathfinder International and Amref Health Africa.
Raising Funds for a Cause
Action Against Hunger works with leaders in the food and drink industry. They want to bring attention to hunger around the world. Each year, they run special campaigns to raise money. These funds support their programs. Two of their campaigns are "Restaurants Against Hunger" and "Love Food Give Food."
Where Action Against Hunger Works
In 2022, the Action Against Hunger International Network was active in 56 countries.
Africa
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Chad, Zimbabwe, Zambia
Asia
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Caucasus
Caribbean
Europe
Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Poland
Middle East
Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian Occupied Territories, Yemen, Jordan, Iraq
Latin America
Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Honduras, Venezuela
Action Against Hunger Global Network
Since 1995, Action Against Hunger has built a global network. This helps them have a bigger impact worldwide.
The network has main offices in different countries: France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, India, and Italy.
They also have regional offices. There is a West Africa Regional Office in Dakar. A Horn and Eastern Africa Regional Office is in Nairobi. They also have five logistics centers in Lyon, Paris, Barcelona, Dubai, and Panama.
This network helps them have more people and money. It also allows each main office to specialize in certain tasks.
- Action Against Hunger in France, Spain, and the USA are the main operational offices. They directly manage the work in the field. They work so that one main office is responsible for each country where they help.
- Action Against Hunger UK focuses on research and checking how well programs work. They also work closely with DFID (a UK government department).
- Action Against Hunger Canada raises money from the public and private groups in North America. They are also becoming more important at a national level.
- Action Against Hunger / Azione contro la Fame Italia raises money from private donors. They also run important campaigns to teach people in Italy about hunger and malnutrition.
See also
In Spanish: Acción Contra el Hambre para niños
