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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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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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Burundi: Action Against Hunger Suspends Its Programs
January 21, 2008
Paris, France — Three weeks after the attack against an Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) vehicle at the end of December, killing French aid worker Agnes Dury and seriously injuring another aid worker, ACF has decided to suspend its programs in Burundi.

The circumstances surrounding the attack and the motive for it remain unclear. What is certain is that this was a deliberate attack. Following this tragic event, ACF carried out a detailed analysis of the context to assess the risks of continuing its activities. This risk assessment showed that current security conditions do not allow for a resumption of ACF’s activities in the country.

ACF has therefore decided to close its programs in Burundi. This decision has been extremely difficult in view of the scale of humanitarian needs in the area, but ACF does not feel it can guarantee the safety and security of its staff in the current security context.

Regarding ACF’s life-saving programs for the treatment of acute malnutrition, ACF had already been integrating these activities into existing public health structures. This process was started some months ago and will be finalized in the next few days to ensure that treatment continues. ACF’s other crucial programs, however—our psycho-social activities, water and sanitation programs, and food security initiatives—will unfortunately be suspended.

ACF is deeply shocked by this brutal crime. Despite the suspension of its activities in Burundi, ACF will closely follow the judicial investigations into the crime. An investigation is currently under way in Burundi and the French judicial system has also appointed a prosecutor to investigate the case.

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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