ACF International Network
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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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Where We Work

Ethiopia
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Since 15th February 2007, Action Against Hunger teams have implemented water programs to treat the diarrhea epidemic that has broken out in the Kebri Dehar (Ogaden region) and surrounding areas in southeast Ethiopia. Sanitation programs have been put into action to curb the crisis and prevent further infections.

Program Information

Directing HQ: 
Action Against Hunger - France
Launch Date: 
January 1984
World Region: 
Africa
Location(s): 
Afar and Somali Regions
Expatriates: 
14
Local Staff: 
113
Beneficiaries: 
132,456people
Funding: 
MCNG of the French Embassy, ECHO, GOAL, Unicef , Europaid, OCHA, French Delegation of Humanitarian Action (DAH), Fondation de France, private donors

Humanitarian Context

  • The lack of rain in most of the country means that the population is heavily dependent on the scarce existing water resources. Proper control of these resources during the dry season is crucial.
  • During the drought period, the vulnerable population's state of health deteriorates seriously due to many communities' inability to store drinking water. Although there are no precise figures, it is estimated that AIDS is having a growing impact on the population.
  • Erosion and deforestation has caused dependency on food aid in some regions in recent years.
  • A caste system existent in some regions has caused an institutionalization of discrimination, in addition to traditional inter-ethnic conflicts.
  • Under the pretext of hunting down ethnic armed groups, the government has repressed many communities in recent years. It is estimated that between 1,000 and 1,500 people died at the hands of the security forces in 2002.

Area(s) of Work

Nutrition: 
  • Treatment of severe malnutrition in 16 therapeutic feeding centers and at home
  • Nutrition surveys
Food Security: 
  • Train assistant veterinarians to look after livestock
  • Awareness raising at community level
  • Support for animal medicine sellers
  • Emergency intervention in livestock health
Water & Sanitation: 
  • Water supply (drillings, wells, water tanks)
  • Emergency distribution of water with tank trucks
  • Training the staff of institutions related to water