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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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Film Director Terry George to Receive Humanitarian Award
Action Against Hunger’s Humanitarian Award will be presented at the Nov. 7th Gala in New York City
October 22, 2007
New York, NY — The humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger has announced that Academy Award nominee and film director Terry George will receive the 2007 Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award. Mr. George will be honored for his long-standing humanitarian commitments, his steadfast support of Action Against Hunger, and the impact of Hotel Rwanda, his award winning depiction of the Rwandan genocide.

“Terry George has done much to bring attention to the plight of innocents caught in the crossfire of a civil war and to champion the humanitarian values embodied in one man’s valiant struggle to save lives,” states Action Against Hunger’s Executive Director, Nan Dale. “We’re proud to be honoring someone with such outstanding humanitarian credentials.”

The annual Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award recognizes those individuals who have made a notable contribution to the humanitarian field, whether through direct efforts, their philanthropic support, or their help in raising public awareness. The award will be presented to Terry George at Action Against Hunger’s 8th annual Benefit Gala on November 7th at Capitale in New York City.

Previous recipients of Action Against Hunger’s humanitarian award include Nobel Laureates President Nelson Mandela (’04) and Archbishop Desmond Tutu (’05), as well as Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon (’06) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt (’02). Action Against Hunger’s 2006 Benefit Gala netted over $1,000,000 for the organization’s life-saving international programs.

For more information on this year’s Gala, please visit: www.actionagainsthunger.org/gala

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.

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James L. Phelan
Senior External Relations Officer, ACF-USA
Contact James Phelan
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