Democratic Republic of the Congo
A nation reeling from decades of conflict and neglect, D.R. Congo experiences routine outbreaks of severe malnutrition that threaten thousands of lives. Action Against Hunger is building the capacity of local health systems to tackle this deadly condition. In 2010 alone in D.R. Congo we trained almost 4,000 public health workers and equipped 476 treatment centers, ensuring that 42,000 severely malnourished people—the vast majority of them children—received life-saving care.
Global Hunger Index
Extremely Alarming
Population
66 million
Malnutrition in Children under 5 Years Old
28.2% in 2007
Beneficiaries
92,038 in 2011
Impact
42,000 children were saved from deadly malnutrition through ACF's life-saving nutrition programs in D.R. Congo in 2010.
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Recent News
For 29-year-old Congolese mother Bitondo Patience, malnutrition was a silent threat that attacked her daughter without obvious indicators. Her four-year-old, Wabiwa, showed signs of illness—vomiting, lack of appetite, running a temperature—but just what afflicted her was a mystery to Bitondo.... Read
A Crucial Moment for D.R. Congo
December 5, 2011
Breaking News Current Events
Ceris Bailes was an ACF Desk Officer for the D.R. Congo.
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Bringing Capacity To Scale: Treating Malnutrition in D.R. Congo
September 21, 2011
Impact
Note: This post originally appears as a guest post over on the 1,000 Days blog.... Read
Ending Childhood Malnutrition by 2015
June 14, 2011
Advocacy Impact
In 2000, world leaders came together to adopt the United Nations Millennium Declaration committing member nations to reduce extreme poverty by 2015. As part of this declaration, world leaders agreed on eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to achieve by the deadline of 2015.
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Malnutrition
May 13, 2011
Students
Have any of you wanted to travel to a different country? Well, here at Action Against Hunger, many of our staff members visit our programs in countries all over the world. Not everyone is able to make the trips to our international locations, but those who do travel are required to keep notes on what they see and what they do in the field. Then, once back in New York, they update us on the information gathered so we can better understand the day-to-day activities in the field.... Read
We're a Top Nonprofit
Action Against Hunger has been named one of the top nonprofits of 2011 by a panel of experts rating international charities.
