Commissioned by the Sahel Working Group—a network of high-profile international agencies including Oxfam, the British Red Cross, CARE International, Save the Children, and Action Against Hunger | ACF International—this report examines how vulnerability is understood and addressed in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. Concerned that the specifics of the 2005 food crisis have obscured its persistent underlying causes, this report calls for smarter assistance if cyclical emergencies are to be overcome in the Sahel.
Recent Publications
March, 2007
As the principal providers for families around the world, women are key partners in the struggle to end hunger and agencies must incorporate such realities into the very design of their humanitarian programs.
January, 2007
After a career in banking, Stéphanie Rivoal joined Action Against Hunger | ACF International in northern Sudan in 2005 where she documented in stunning photographic detail the complexities that underlie the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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January, 2007
Combining thorough analysis with personal testimonies from struggling families, this report assesses the underlying causes of hunger in several African countries. A powerful indictment of local institutions, national governments, international agencies, and the socioeconomic forces complicit in the persistence of world hunger, this report argues that an end to malnutrition is fully possible with sufficient political will.
This publication is currently out of print and not available for download.
January, 2006
Five Agence VU photographers visited Action Against Hunger | ACF International’s programs to give photographic voice to the phenomenon of urban hunger, creating a startling companion piece to ACF’s study on urban hunger, La faim dans les villes.
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