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

Haiti
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Lack of access to drinking water is a severe public health problem. Water-related diseases are a major reason for child mortality, which ends the lives of 30.000 children under five years old every year. Infrastructure is scarce. In a town like Gonaïves for example, 70% of homes do not have latrines. There is a lack of infrastructure with pumps and wells often overcrowded. Sanitation infrastructure is not maintained, drainage channels are blocked and odors build up in the poorest areas, often causing serious flooding.

Program Information

Directing HQ: 
Action Against Hunger - France
Launch Date: 
January 1985
World Region: 
Americas
Location(s): 
Port de Paix, Saint-Louis du Nord, Gonaïves, Anse Rouge, Jérémie
Expatriates: 
7
Local Staff: 
56
Beneficiaries: 
66,533people
Funding: 
EuropeAid, OFDA/USAID, DFID, SCAC, CIDA, UNICEF, WFP, FAO,

Humanitarian Context

  • Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. Its history is marked by a series of dictators and economic and political crises.
  • Public services and international aid have been paralysed in some parts of the country in protest at the established regime.
  • Violence, insecurity and drug trafficking are everyday occurrences in many urban areas like Cap-Haïtien, Jacmel and Gonaïves.
  • The economic crisis has led to a substantial decrease in agricultural activity as well as de-industrialisation and black market employment. Two out of every three homes are living below the poverty line and the unemployment rate is 50%. Many people try to escape to Florida and Santo Domingo on rubber rings and rafts.
  • The insurrection of February 2004 has worsened the humanitarian situation, especially the nutrition status of children under five.

Area(s) of Work

Food Security: 
  • Distribution of seeds and farming tools
  • Rehabilitation and conditioning of production means in rural areas
  • Support to most vulnerable household economies
  • Food security surveys
Water & Sanitation: 
  • Distribution of drinking water using tank trucks
  • Construction and rehabilitation of potable water networks
  • Water Management Committees
  • Distribution of hygiene kits
  • Training in hygiene
  • Construction and rehabilitation of wells and water sources
  • Construction of latrines