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Action Against Hunger has developed its water and sanitation expertise over nearly three decades of field work, advancing a number of solutions for populations at risk from water insecurity.
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Central to the targeting of malnutrition, Action Against Hunger extends water and sanitation improvements to communities with little or no access to proper sources.
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Action Against Hunger's programs are sustainable because of our commitment to community participation—to build local capacity and harnesses a population's energy and resources.
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Though strategies may vary, our food security interventions all share a common goal: to fight hunger by preserving and strengthening livelihoods in a sustainable and contextual manner.
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Action Against Hunger’s innovative food security programs offer a broad range of solutions for generating income, boosting food production, and strengthening livelihoods.
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Our comprehensive approach to hunger involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, and inadequate sanitation.
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Action Against Hunger occupies a unique place among international organizations: our expertise encompasses emergency relief, longer-term development, and the terrain in between.
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We have developed an effective method to treat acute malnutrition that includes field-tested protocols and nutritional products backed by an international scientific advisory committee.
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Action Against Hunger helps rehabilitate and restock public health infrastructure, fields mobile health clinics, and trains local medical personnel on preventative and diagnostic care.
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Our comprehensive programs address the linkages between disease and malnutrition by coordinating with local expertise and strengthening existing public health systems.
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Penny By Penny, New York City Pre-School Changes Lives Around the World
Students of The Riverside Church Weekday School collect change to fight global hunger
June 16, 2008

Pre-school students are generally not the first group that comes to mind when discussing philanthropy. But the students and teachers at The Riverside Church Riverside Churchare working to change that notion with their recent Community Caring Initiative.

For 30 days between early April and mid-May, Weekday School students participated in community service projects, including a Penny Harvest during which they collected change and deposited it in their classroom piggy banks. After choosing individual class charities to donate a portion of their collections to, the classrooms and staff voted on a school-wide charity – and Action Against Hunger was the lucky winner, receiving a check that totaled almost $750 and measured nearly 6 feet by 3 feet!

“By allowing the children to be a part of the decision process, we encouraged them to have a feeling of ownership of the important and positive work they were doing,” commented teacher Nicole Maki, who co-organized the initiative with parent Valeska Stupak.

“Engaging the students at this young age plants the seed of humanitarianism very early – and provides fun and productive learning experiences too,” added Weekday’s Interim Administrator Dr. Lynn Jemmott.

During a wrap-up Community Caring celebration on May 21st, students performed songs and presented handmade checks to each of the charities chosen. Action Against Hunger’s artwork – complete with drawings and signatures from each of Weekday’s more than 140 young philanthropists – is a priceless reminder of a generous donation that will make a big difference in the lives of the people we help worldwide.