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Action Against Hunger | ACF International is a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger.
June 20, 2012
As a Seattle native, I wasn’t expecting that the drive to Action Against Hunger’s base in Thatta, southern Pakistan would remind me of home. But feeling the spring heat wash over me as I stepped off the plane in Karachi and seeing the flat, dry expanse once we escaped the city instantly recalled memories of summer in eastern Washington. Here and there, the arid scrubland gave way to a farming plot or a herd of cattle.... Read
June 14, 2012
We pedaled hard and caught up with Mi Furlong and Kelly Lovejoy, who are biking over 4,000 miles from Ventura, CA to Vancouver, BC to raise money for Action Against Hunger’s lifesaving programs. Here are five things you'll want to know about their epic journey.
1) First off, how are your legs holding up? Are you doing anything special to keep pushing forward?... Read
June 13, 2012
Action Against Hunger friend and Advisory Council member Roger Thurow, senior fellow for Global Agriculture and Food Policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, released his new book, The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change last month. It is an intimate portrait of the lives of four smallholder farmers in western Kenya as they work to move from subsistence farming to sustainable farming, from farming to live to farming to make a li... Read
May 29, 2012
Next Tuesday, June 5th, 150 of the best chefs in New York City will converge at The Prince George Ballroom in Manhattan for the 8th Annual Great Gathering of Chefs, where they’ll sign the first 100 copies of the new cookbook Street Eats by food photographer extraordinaire Alan “Battman” Batt.... Read
May 25, 2012
One is a 65-year-old woman, displaced by severe floods in 2010. The other is a 60-year-old man, a farmer forced from his fields and his home when the government’s clashes with regional insurgents intensified. They hail from different villages in Pakistan’s northern Nowshera District, and are unlikely to ever meet.... Read
May 23, 2012
Action Against Hunger’s Technical Director, Silke Pietzsch, recently granted a compelling interview to humanitarian news source South South News. In the video, which you can watch below, Silke gives a full overview of ACF’s integrated programming, with an emphasis on food security and livelihoods, which is the first area of expertise in her techni... Read
May 18, 2012
In a speech today, President Barack Obama affirmed the United States' commitment to being a leader in the fight against hunger and malnutrition around the world. He announced $3 billion in new private sector pledges to significantly increase agriculture and food production in Africa. ... Read
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