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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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Working to Avert a Water and Latrine Crisis in Kenya
ACF-Kenya marks the International Year of Sanitation by celebrating community-based water and sanitation improvements in northeast Kenya.
March 21, 2008
Mandera, Kenya — Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) has renewed its commitment to increasing local access to latrines and safe water in Mandera, Kenya as the world community marks the International Year of Sanitation and World Water Day this March 22nd. Water and sanitation conditions are a major concern in Mandera, Kenya’s North Eastern Province, where latrine coverage is less than 60% and less than 20% of all households have access to drinking water. Action Against Hunger’s community-based programs build local capacity so these life-threatening conditions can be effectively addressed in a sustainable fashion.

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation to highlight the fact that roughly 2.6 billion people have no access to basic sanitation around the world today. The goal of naming 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation is to raise awareness about this global crisis and catalyze action and progress in reaching the UN’s 7th Millennium Development Goal (MDG)—reduce by half the number of people without sustainable access to safe water or basic sanitation by 2015.

To mark World Water Day in Kenya this March 22, ACF-Kenya has planned a series of celebrations and activities aimed at raising local awareness while reinforcing commitments to the International Year of Sanitation. These celebrations kick off at the District Commissioner’s office with a parade of Youth Football Teams, Women’s Sanitation Groups, School Sanitation Health Club Members, club Patrons and Head Teachers, various government authorities, and other NGO partners (local and international).

The District Commissioner, along with ACF-Kenya staff, will then lead the procession to Bulla Mpya School stadium where ACF-Kenya will make presentations on the Bio-Sand filter technology, a cost-effective solution for household water treatment. Students and children will present educational plays and recite water-and-sanitation-related poetry to the audience while different actors make speeches on issues relevant to World Water Day. The day will culminate with a football (soccer) match and the winning club will take home ACF-Kenya’s coveted International Year of Sanitation Trophy.

Action Against Hunger has been operating in Kenya, North Eastern Province (Mandera and Garissa) since 2004 to reduce the vulnerability of the population to acute malnutrition. More recently, ACF-Kenya has engaged in emergency responses in Nairobi and the Rift Valley (Molo and Nakuru).

ACF Press Contact in Kenya:

Daisy R.Nyaga
Health Education and Hygeine Promotion Manager
Action Against Hunger - Kenya
+254-723-299820 / +254-712-504713
hedumngr@acfkenya.org

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 - USA

James L. Phelan
Senior External Relations Officer, ACF-USA
Contact James Phelan
Direct: 212-967-7800 x108
Cell: 646-265-7796