Haiti
Haiti At A Glance
Launch Date: 1985
Beneficiaries (2009): 219,739 people
Institutional Funders: EuropeAid, OFDA (Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance), DFID (UK Department for International Development), SCAC, CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency), UNICEF, WFP (World Food Program), FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN)
Press Contact
Chargé de communication, ACF-France
jbelusa@actioncontrelafaim.org
Direct: + 33 1 43 35 82 22
Action Against Hunger has mobilized an emergency response following the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010. Our teams on the ground are rushing to provide clean water for survivors in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas and are delivering emergency services in nutrition, sanitation and hygiene.
Action Against Hunger has implemented programs in Haiti since 1985, carrying out emergency measures in the areas of health and nutrition. Since 2001, we have focused primarily on food security and water, sanitation, and hygiene programs in both emergency and development contexts in Port de Paix, Gonaives, Anse Rouge and Jeremiah.
1,800 Miles for Haiti
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If a good, long walk can clear a person’s head, Jordan Dibb may soon have the clearest head in the world. He’s getting ready to walk from Minneapolis to Miami to raise money for Action Against Hunger’s emergency relief efforts in Haiti. » Read more |
Update on Haiti Relief Efforts Two Months after Quake
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Haiti Country Director Pierre Tripon reports on the current humanitarian needs in Haiti, Action Against Hunger’s emergency programs, and the country’s prospects for the future. » Read more |
Haiti: Sanitation Critical as Rainy Season Approaches
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—At the onset of seasonal rains in Haiti, global humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International is ramping up its emergency sanitation and hygiene programs as the risk of disease outbreaks grows. The agency is rushing to build latrines and conduct public awareness campaigns in displacement camps where sanitary conditions will likely deteriorate in the coming weeks due to flooding that typically arrives in the early spring. » Read more |
Tyco International Joins Action Against Hunger to Provide Thousands of Liters of Clean Water in Haiti
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To expand the reach of its water distribution efforts in Haiti, Action Against Hunger announced today that it has received a $100,000 grant from Tyco International to help provide clean water to people in need while longer-term repairs are made to existing supply systems and sanitation infrastructure. » Read more |
A Month after Earthquake, More than 100,000 People in Port-au-Prince Assisted by ACF
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—Action Against Hunger | ACF International has provided emergency services in clean water, nutrition, and sanitation & hygiene to more than 100,000 people since the earthquake rocked the Haitian capital one month ago today. The humanitarian organization has also expanding its current operations in Port de Paix and Gonaives, cities that have experienced an influx of hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors from the capital. » Read more |
