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.

Central to the targeting of malnutrition, Action Against Hunger extends water and sanitation improvements to communities with little or no access to proper sources.

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.

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.

Action Against Hunger’s innovative food security programs offer a broad range of solutions for generating income, boosting food production, and strengthening livelihoods.

Our comprehensive approach to hunger involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, and inadequate sanitation.

Action Against Hunger occupies a unique place among international organizations: our expertise encompasses emergency relief, longer-term development, and the terrain in between.

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.

Action Against Hunger helps rehabilitate and restock public health infrastructure, fields mobile health clinics, and trains local medical personnel on preventative and diagnostic care.

Our comprehensive programs address the linkages between disease and malnutrition by coordinating with local expertise and strengthening existing public health systems.

Where We Work

ACF Response to a Recent Statement by the Sri Lankan Government

A year after the Muttur Massacre

August 16, 2007

Action against Hunger (Action contre la Faim - ACF) has been informed that a letter was sent by Professor Rajiva Wijesinha, Secretary General of the Secretariat for Co-ordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) to the Honorable Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Human Rights and Disaster Management; that was publicly released to an unknown mailing list.

The previously declared position of ACF remains the same: that ACF fully agrees to cooperate, and to answer questions related to the Muttur killing within the framework of an independent and international inquiry. However, the core issue remains the identification and prosecution of the perpetrators through an effective criminal investigation led by the Sri Lankan Government.

More News

8/15/07 Crossing the Line in Sri Lanka (Comment is Free: Guardian)
8/13/07 Aid worker massacre: Sri Lankan official calls for probe into agency's 'negligence (IHT)
8/13/07 Sri Lanka Blames Aid Group in Killings (Guardian)
6/24/07 Questions Remain on Massacre in Sri Lanka (NY Times)
6/15/07 Sri Lanka Warned Probe May Fail (BBC News)

On the Anniversary of the Muttur Massacre: One Year After Massacre, We Will Never Forget Them (ACF-USA Press Release)

8/7/07 IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis
8/7/07 United Nations News Service
8/6/07 Guardian Unlimited
8/6/07 International Herald Tribune
8/6/07 BBC News
8/6/07 Reuters

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 - France

Elise Rodriguez
Responsable de la Communication externe
eliserodriguez@actioncontrelafaim.org
Direct: + 33 1 43 35 82 23
Offsite/Weekends: + 06 70 01 58 34 / + 06 70 01 58 43