India
Despite its status as an economic powerhouse, India alone accounts for 54% of all malnutrition-related child deaths. The sheer scale and scope of India’s malnutrition problem positions the subcontinent as ground zero in the fight to end child deaths from acute malnutrition. At work in India since 2011, ACF is currently scaling up its lifesaving nutrition programs while helping the government build capacity and strengthen its health systems to tackle this deadly condition.
Global Hunger Index
Alarming
Population
1.225 billion
Malnutrition in Children under 5 Years Old
43.5% in 2010
Beneficiaries
115 in 2011
Impact
As ACF finalized the registration process to work in India, our teams saved 115 children from deadly hunger in 2011, treating thousands more in 2012.
Recent News
Emergency Response Following Tropical Storm Washi in the Philippines
December 19, 2011
Breaking News
Hundreds of people are dead and more than 167,000 people have been affected following the crash of Tropical Storm Washi on the shores of the Southern Philippines over the weekend. Action Against Hunger, which operates a mission on the island on Mindanao, replied immediately to the disaster and charted course to effectively address the emergency water, sanitation, and nutrition needs of those impacted. Here's how we're helping:... Read
What Are You Thankful For?
December 12, 2011
Impact
As we roll into the end of the year, we’re reflecting.... Read
Floods, Funding Shortages Undermine Recovery in Pakistan
December 6, 2011
Breaking News
Charmaine Brett is our Desk Officer for Pakistan and Nigeria and has worked in emergency humanitarian relief for some of the world’s top agencies in countries across the globe.... Read
Funding Shortages Leave Tens of Thousands of Pakistanis in Need
November 18, 2011
Breaking News
Three months after devastating monsoon rains caused extensive flooding in southern Pakistan for the second consecutive year, Pakistan faces a critical shortage of emergency funding—despite the government’s request for international assistance—with millions of in need of critical support as winter approaches.... Read
Cash Learning Partnership: Turning Cash into Aid, Part 4
October 7, 2011
Impact
Kendra Hughbanks is working for ACF International as the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) Assistant. Though based in New York, she is spending a month in the Philippines to focus on case studies that illuminate emergency intervention and recovery. This post is the first in a series.... Read
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Action Against Hunger has been named one of the top nonprofits of 2012 by reviewers at Great Nonprofits!
