Press Release for 2004

New York, NY — When the tsunami of December 26 hit Sri Lanka with 50-foot waves traveling more than 1.5 miles inland, the country was already reeling from floods two weeks earlier.

Trincomalee, Sri Lanka — Action Against Hunger has responded to the earthquake and aftershocks in South Asia by providing immediate assistance to the tsunami victims of Sri Lanka in Batticaloa, Trincomalee, and Jaffna.

Nairobi, Kenya — On the morning of Saturday December 18 2004 Action Against Hunger (ACF) staff traveling in 3 cars between El Wak and Wargadud were ambushed by a group of 5 unidentified gunmen men.

Limited access to food and sanitation in Gonaives, Haiti, will increase risks to the population during the coming weeks, according to Action Against Hunger (ACF), the non-govern

Faced with the prospect of the crisis dragging on in Darfur, Sudan, Action Against Hunger, a leading nutritional aid organization, is continuing its relief efforts.

Action Against Hunger expands its sanitation programs in a context of insecurity and difficulties of access.

New York, NY — American's best restaurants are joining forces to battle hunger around the world.

Following the political crisis at the beginning of the year and torrential rains in May, Haiti has now been ravaged by tropical storm Jeanne.

For over 6 years drought has ravaged central Afghanistan, particularly the district of Hazaradjat (Dai Kundi).

Action Against Hunger, Aide Medicale Internationale and Handicap International were shocked and outraged to learn of the abduction of four humanitarian workers yesterday in Baghdad.

One week from the end of the 30-day deadline imposed by the United Nations Security Council, and with African-Union sponsored peace talks underway between rebels and the government, the humanitar

According to 28 nutrition surveys implemented in southern Sudan in 2003, the estimated average prevalence of global acute malnutrition and severe acute malnutrition, expressed in Z-scores, were 2

Bukavu, D.R. Congo — Refugees from the eastern province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo returned to their homes this week only to find that government and rebel troops had stolen their belonging

To address the growing needs of the Darfur population, Action Against Hunger is reinforcing its local programs.

For its 25th anniversary, Action Against Hunger has decided to speak out about hunger in another way, and has chosen photography as a means of doing so, showing the unacceptable, intolerable trag

Kabul, Afghanistan — Despite higher rainfall in 2003 that followed five years of severe drought, the population in the central provinces of Afghanistan is once again threatened by food shortages.

New York, NY — Action Against Hunger proudly announces its newest advisory board member, Olivier Cassegrain, Managing Director of Longchamp USA.

In Angola today, around one million citizens may be at risk of lacking sufficient food resources for a period of some months.

Since President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was forced to depart, two months ago, the humanitarian situation in Haiti has been precarious at best.

New York, NY — Nina and Tim Zagat, the co-founders and co-chairs of the Zagat Survey®, a leading provider of consumer survey-based leisure content, have become Honorary Board Members of Action Against Hunger U

Note that the situation in Kapoeta (Eastern Equatoria) and in Nyadin (Central Upper Nile) is of concern.

The following ACF - France report, a survey carried out earlier this year, details and maps livelihoods in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Action Against Hunger - USA, (ACF - USA) has carried out an assessment on the underlying causes of malnutrition in Old Fangak Payam of Upper Nile, southern Sudan.

Pakistan — In July 2003, major flooding in Pakistan led to further deterioration of already-difficult living conditions for certain populations.

Chechnya — There is no conflict in Chechnya: that's what the Russian government, and the Chechen government in place since October 2003, are striving to demonstrate, both in word and in action.

Action Against Hunger has just carried out a needs assessment in eastern Chad, among 135,000 refugees from the neighbouring Darfur Province in Sudan.

Madrid, Spain — A team of Action Against Hunger experts in food security in the region have determined that, although further food rations for the earthquake victims are not currently necessary, it is important