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

Nepal
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Nearly 40% of Nepalese live in borderline poverty, with GDP per inhabitant less than 250 dollars—in other words, nearly two times less than that of their Indian neighbors.

Program Information

Directing HQ: 
Action Against Hunger - France
Launch Date: 
January 2004
World Region: 
Asia
Location(s): 
Bahjang, Mugu and Humla districts
Expatriates: 
10
Local Staff: 
54
Beneficiaries: 
32,549people
Funding: 
Swiss cooperation, Danish cooperation, Australian Government, ECHO, private donors

Humanitarian Context

In 1951, the Nepalese monarchy ended its system of hereditary authority by installing a government that in the 1990s resulted in a parliamentary monarchy. This process was marked by extreme political instability between 1991 and 2001. No fewer than 13 governments came and went, the last dismissed by King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, head of the kingdom of Nepal since 2001, on February 1, 2005.

Considered one of the poorest nations in Asia, classified by the United Nations among the least- developed countries of the world, Nepal for nearly 9 years has been besieged by a civil war that pits the government against Maoist rebels.

Its people, at the center of the conflict, are the primary victims. Nearly 40% of Nepalese live in borderline poverty, with GDP per inhabitant less than 250 dollars - in other words, nearly two times less than that of their Indian neighbors.

Area(s) of Work

Nutrition: 
  • Distribution of enriched food for children and pregnant women
  • Training on nutrition habits
Food Security: 
  • Training on agricultural techniques, distribution of seeds and rehabilitation of irrigation systems
  • Veterinary training and herd monitoring
  • “Food for work” programs
Water & Sanitation: 
  • Construction and restoration of water networks
  • Creation of water committees
  • Construction of latrines
  • Hygiene training