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

Mongolia
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The harshness of the Mongolian climate (gales and prolonged droughts) makes agricultural development difficult. During the drought of 200-2002 more than four million heads of cattle perished. 36% of Mongolians live below the poverty line.

Program Information

Directing HQ: 
Action Against Hunger - France
Launch Date: 
January 2001
World Region: 
Asia
Location(s): 
Ulan Bator, Bayan Olgi
Expatriates: 
5
Local Staff: 
48
Beneficiaries: 
10,180people
Funding: 
ECHO, SCAC, Swiss Bank Union, Tolkien Foundation, private donors

Humanitarian Context

Thirty-six percent of Mongolians live below the poverty line. The harshness of the climate (gales and prolonged droughts) makes agricultural development difficult. During the drought of 200-2002 more than four million heads of cattle perished. Today more than 70,000 families depend directly on subsistence cattle raising.

Given the authorities' and the international community's inability to meet the basic needs of the most vulnerable families, there has been a rural exodus and, as a result, social marginalization in the cities.

Poverty, unemployment, inequity, etc. are all contributing to the deterioration of the socio-economic context.

Sanitation services are now inaccessible for the most marginalized classes. The cut in public spending at the beginning of the 90s has had a huge impact on education: increasing numbers of children cannot go to school.

Area(s) of Work

Nutrition: 
  • Creation of promotion centers for nutrition
  • Training health workers in treatment of severe undernourishment
  • Distribution of dry food portions
  • Training in nutrition, hygiene and health
  • Nurturing based on cereals for children with severe malnutrition
Food Security: 
  • Distribution of food
  • Creation of orchards in the capital outskirts
  • Nutrition training
  • Distribution and production of forage for livestock
  • Construction of livestock shelters
  • Distribution of seeds and farming tools