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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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Humanitarian Intervention in the West Bank
ACF Distributes Blankets, Stoves, Tarpaulins and Kerosene in District of Tubas.
January 28, 2008
Madrid, Spain — With international attention recently focused on Gaza, desperation in the West Bank is often overlooked. Shepherding communities living in zone C in Tubas district (under Israeli control) are facing freezing temperatures and an extended period of drought with limited resources. The region received 23% less rainfall this year with significant consequences for the pastures where sheep graze—the main source of income in the region.

  • Shepherding communities have become indebted and acutely vulnerable due to the increased market costs of animal fodder
  • Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim’s (ACF) emergency response targets 2,500 people

“It is difficult seeing children in this difficult situation,” says Elena Bertola, ACF’s Food Security Officer in the Palestinian Territories. “They are walking bare foot on muddy ground; they are living in precarious shelters with leaking roofs. Families are hardly able to obtain basic food items such as bread, oil, or vegetables.” These families are unable to build more permanent shelter in this area under Israeli military control, and have had no choice but to either sell some of their animals or indebt themselves to be able to buy fodder. In addition, they are living with restricted access to grazing land and are under constant threat of having to leave the area.

ACF’s teams, in collaboration with other humanitarian organizations, are working to improve the situation and have launched emergency programs in coordination with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). ACF has currently distributed 248 stoves, more than 1,600 blankets, 8,900 liters of kerosene (sufficient for 20 families) and tarpaulins for shelters in twelve distinct communities.

“The population was relieved to receive this aid, despite it being minimal, especially considering that the response was very quick. Within just five days of carrying out a needs assessment, ACF had launched its programs,” comments Elena.

The emergency intervention complements other ACF activities in the Palestinian Territories, including programs to improve access to food in the West Bank, the creation of commercial links between Palestinian peasants and Israeli traders, and the rehabilitation of water points in the Gaza Strip.

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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Action Against Hunger - USA

James L. Phelan
Senior External Relations Officer, ACF-USA
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Action Against Hunger - Spain

Alicia García García
Prensa y Comunicación Institucional, ACF-Spain
agarcia@achesp.org
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