ACF Humanitarian Award

Today the humanitarian aid organization Action Against Hunger (ACF) announced that it would present Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu with its annual World Food Day Humanitarian Award in recognition of his outstanding work against hunger, malnutrition and poverty worldwide. He will be presented with the award November 11, 2005 at ACF's annual World Food Day Gala.

Action Against Hunger presents its World Food Day Humanitarian Award each year to someone who has made a significant contribution to the struggle to end world hunger.

"Throughout his career, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has worked not only for political equality, but also for the fulfillment of basic human needs such as clean water, adequate food, and health care." — Cathy Skoula, Executive Director of Action Against Hunger

"We are proud to present our award to this esteemed advocate for humanity who will in turn honor us with his presence at our Gala."Past recipients of the award include former South African President Nelson Mandela, Professor Michael Golden and Dr. Yvonne Grellety for their roles in inventing the therapeutic milk formula F100 (a revolutionary life-saving formula to cure malnutrition, now the standard for relief organizations worldwide), Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, and actor Jeff Bridges.