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

Honduras
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Drought and the coffee crisis (international fall in price) have seriously reduced income from agriculture. The country is highly vulnerable environmentally speaking and to natural disasters.

Program Information

Directing HQ: 
Action Against Hunger - Spain
Launch Date: 
January 1998
World Region: 
Americas
Location(s): 
Choluteca, Tegucigalpa, Danlí
Expatriates: 
0
Local Staff: 
25
Beneficiaries: 
12,000people
Funding: 
Government of Madrid, Government of Castilla la Mancha.

Humanitarian Context

  • Although Honduras has not suffered the armed conflicts experienced by Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador, it was the country worst hit by Hurricane Mitch in 1998.
  • Drought and the coffee crisis (international fall in price) have seriously reduced income from agriculture. The country is highly vulnerable environmentally speaking and to natural disasters.
  • The economic policies driven by the IMF have not reduced the high levels of inequality in Honduras. Recently many sectors have been critical of the negotiations with the EU to create a free trade zone.
  • There are numerous diseases as a result of the lack of sanitation and sanitary conditions.
  • Structural poverty affects the basic needs of a large section of the population (lack of access to drinking water, sanitation, etc.)
  • High levels of political corruption and an unequal distribution of wealth prevents this democracy from attaining the stability it needs.

Area(s) of Work

Food Security: 
  • Improvement and diversification of agricultural production: family gardens, improvement of traditional crops, poultry farming, irrigation farming
  • Distribution of better quality silos for the preservation of basic grains
  • Soil conservation and reforestation in order to limit the impact of natural disasters
  • Provision of rural banks for the valuation and capitalization of agricultural production
Water & Sanitation: 
  • Preparing water points and setting up irrigation systems
  • Rehabilitation and extension of water distribution systems
  • Training health workers who promote hygiene and technical staff of municipalities
  • Protection of fountains
  • Solid waste garbage depots
  • Water treatment in coffee washing plants