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.

Central to the targeting of malnutrition, Action Against Hunger extends water and sanitation improvements to communities with little or no access to proper sources.

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.

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.

Action Against Hunger’s innovative food security programs offer a broad range of solutions for generating income, boosting food production, and strengthening livelihoods.

Our comprehensive approach to hunger involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, and inadequate sanitation.

Action Against Hunger occupies a unique place among international organizations: our expertise encompasses emergency relief, longer-term development, and the terrain in between.

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.

Action Against Hunger helps rehabilitate and restock public health infrastructure, fields mobile health clinics, and trains local medical personnel on preventative and diagnostic care.

Our comprehensive programs address the linkages between disease and malnutrition by coordinating with local expertise and strengthening existing public health systems.

Where We Work

Campaign & Initiatives

In addition to carrying out programs in some 40 countries around the world, Action Against Hunger undertakes special initiatives on critical humanitarian issues, often in collaboration with colleague organizations, academic institutions, government ministries, and the U.N.

Global Water Initiative in Partnership with Buffet Foundation

Action Against Hunger joined forces with the Howard G. Buffet Foundation and a select number of nonprofits to launch an ambitious new undertaking called the “Global Water Initiative” (GWI). The GWI aims to provide comprehensive solutions to communities lacking drinking water and proper sanitation around the world, but also serves as an exciting new model for nonprofits and major private foundations—one designed to enhance nonprofit capacities while scaling-up the reach and impact of their programs.

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The ONE Campaign

Action Against Hunger believes 2008 is a crucial year in the fight against hunger and absolute poverty. As a partner of the ONE Campaign, Action Against Hunger intend on taking a leading role in the fight to make poverty history. As a major international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger will use its resources to wholly support the ONE Campaign in its endeavors to alleviate absolute poverty and put an end to the travesty of millions suffering and dying needlessly around the world from a lack of access to food, adequate healthcare, education, sanitation and water.