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

Indonesia
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Following the flooding in Jakarta, Action Against Hunger has launched emergency programmes in the Kampung Melayu and Cipinang Besar Utara districts of Indonesia.

Program Information

Directing HQ: 
Action Against Hunger - France
Launch Date: 
January 1997
World Region: 
Asia
Location(s): 
Yakarta, Banda Aceh, Aceh Java, Aceh Barat
Expatriates: 
17
Local Staff: 
185
Beneficiaries: 
128,556people
Funding: 
ECHO, UNICEF, private donors

Humanitarian Context

  • Since 1998 and after the forced resignation of president Suharto, Indonesia has been unstable - presidents elected for short periods, and increase in terrorist attacks and precarious security situations in several provinces such as Aceh, Kalimantan, Moloccas and Sulawesi.
  • Action Against Hunger had launched programmes for the most vulnerable in the province of Mollocas, in direct collaboration with local authorities until 2002. In Jakarta, our teams worked in cooperation with populations living at low altitudes in order to improve their capacity to deal with flooding.
  • Already weakened by these internal conflicts, Indonesia was directly hit by a tidal wave provoked by an earthquake near its coasts.

Area(s) of Work

Food Security: 
  • Monitoring system for family food security
  • Income-generating activities
  • Rehabilitation of agricultural lands at Aceh
  • Investigation of soil quality and topography
  • Distribution of seeds and farming goods
Water & Sanitation: 
  • Construction and rehabilitation of water points
  • Construction and rehabilitation of latrines
  • Training in hygiene
  • Installation of water reservoirs