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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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ACF Emergency Team Responds to Floods In Ecuador
February 29, 2008
Madrid, Spain — The phenomenon known as La Niña has left 20 dead in Ecuador, 61 in Bolivia and 13 in Peru, according to government sources in those countries. For several weeks Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) has been working in the Santa Cruz department of Bolivia helping flood victims.

A few hours ago, an Action Against Hunger emergency team from Columbia arrived in Guayaquil to carry out an initial evaluation of the damage caused by the latest floods in Ecuador. According to data from the Dartmouth Floods Observatory, the country’s five coastal provinces have experienced floods in recent months, affecting 315,000 people and destroying more than 217,000 hectares. Some 30% of crops have been damaged and it is estimated that the rain will continue throughout the month of March.

Comprised of a country director, a logistician, a food security officer, and a water and sanitation technician, ACF’s emergency team will arrive in the affected areas in the next few days. “We still don’t know which region we are going to work in. We know that the regions of Manabi, Guayas and Los Rios have received most of the damage and, especially in Los Rios, more than 50,000 families have been affected,” explained Patrice Chataigner, Country Director for Action Against Hunger’s emergency pool.

The meteorological phenomenon, La Niña—characterized by low temperatures and usually occurs roughly every four years—has affected several countries of the Andean region, including Peru and Bolivia, and resulted in a total of 90 deaths to date. In Bolivia, according to the first evaluation carried out by Action Against Hunger’s team, more than 115,000 people have been affected by the rain-swollen Rio Grande. Meanwhile, in the Santa Cruz department, most of the sanitation infrastructure and fresh water wells have been inundated. The team sent to this area is already carrying out the initial task of drainage and emptying of latrines in order to avoid an epidemic related to the lack of basic sanitation, like cholera or other diseases associated with poor water quality. Globally, 80% of all diseases are related to a lack of potable water and basic sanitation.

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

Alejandra Mahiques Nuñez
Prensa y Comunicación Institucional, ACF-Spain
amahiques@achesp.org
Direct: +34 91 391 53 06

Action Against Hunger - Spain

Alicia García García
Prensa y Comunicación Institucional, ACF-Spain
agarcia@achesp.org
Direct: +34 91 771 16 72