ACF International Network
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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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Artists Against Hunger
Steve Buscemi, Jim Jarmusch, Cara Seymour, and others Join Action Against Hunger to Bring Attention to the Deadly Conditions in the Congo
October 16, 2006
New York, NY — Actors, Artists and Aid Workers Bring Attention to Reports of Rampant Malnutrition and Starvation amidst Historic Elections in the Congo

On Monday, October 16, at 7pm, Cara Seymour will be joined by actor Steve Buscemi and musical performers Jesse Marlin and Neo Raphoto for a press conference with the international aid organization Action Against Hunger (ACF) to discuss the desperate situation where 1,200 people die each day from hunger and preventable diseases in the Congo.

The conference will precede a sold out "Artists Against Hunger" three-hour event, which will be hosted by actor Cara Seymour. It will present readings, film, music and art by such luminaries as actors Steve Buscemi, Matt Dillon, and musical performer Jesse Malin. Kicking off at 8:00 pm at Moe's Bar in Brooklyn, the event will recognize World Food Day and raise awareness, understanding, and funds for curing acute malnutrition in the Congo and in more than 40 other countries where Action Against Hunger has relief programs.

Action Against Hunger began its programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1996, providing emergency relief and sustainable solutions to the hunger and poverty in a country where over 30% of children under five are malnourished (5 million of them severely) and more than 50% don't have appropriate access to safe drinking water. Action Against Hunger currently works in the Congo's South Kivu and Katanga provinces, assisting more than 400,000 people with nutrition, water and sanitation, and food security programs.

Press Conference Information

Date: Monday, October 16, 2006
Time: 7pm-8pm
Location: Moe's, 80 Lafayette Ave. in Brooklyn
Who: Action Against Hunger staff members and Steve Buscemi, Cara Seymour, Neo Raphoto and Jesse Malin
What: Press Conference to discuss malnutrition and starvation in the Congo

About Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF), an international relief and development organization committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families, provides sustainable access to safe water and long-term solutions to hunger. For nearly three decades, ACF has pursued its vision of a world without hunger by combating hunger in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity.

Press Contact

Action Against Hunger - USA

James L. Phelan
Senior External Relations Officer, ACF-USA
Contact James Phelan
Direct: 212-967-7800 x108
Cell: 646-265-7796