I asked you all last week to share your thoughts with me about how much influence the U.S. Agency for International Development may have in making wasting treatment delivery more effective, and what role simplified approaches could play in stretching resources to reach more children. I received this from Heather Stobaugh, senior learning and research specialist at Action Against Hunger, who helped draft the NGO letter to USAID Administrator Samantha Power:
“It’s important to note that simplified approaches are not a single ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution. Rather, simplified approaches are a range of innovations that show promise to help close the treatment gap for child wasting. This menu of options enables national governments and implementing actors to select and roll out innovations that are appropriate and acceptable within their unique contexts.”
Dr. Charles Owubah, the CEO of Action Against Hunger USA, a nonprofit leader in the global fight to end hunger, was ranked among Causeartist’s Top 25 Inspiring Nonprofit Leaders Who Will Impact the World in 2023. This annual rating celebrates social sector leaders who demonstrate adaptability, creativity, innovation, strong communication skills, and consistent impact.
Beirut - Around 2 million people in Lebanon, including 1.29 million Lebanese residents and 700,000 Syrian refugees, are currently facing food insecurity, according to Lebanon’s first ever Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Acute Food Insecurity Analysis. The situation is expected to worsen in the coming months.
The analysis predicts that the situation will deteriorate between January and April of 2023, with 2.26 million people - 1.46 million Lebanese residents and around 800,000 refugees - expected to be in the "crisis" phase or worse and requiring urgent assistance.
Salome Tsindori, a programme manager with the humanitarian non-profit Action Against Hunger, said: “it is not enough to tell people what to eat without telling them how and where to get that food.”
Dr. Charles E. Owubah is the CEO of Action Against Hunger and providing leadership and strategic direction to more than 1,600 staff across eight countries. Globally, Action Against Hunger served more than 26 million people across more than 50 countries in 2021.
Food is a basic human necessity and so is the right to consume quality food. Some agencies like the World Health Organization, and the United Nations are world-renowned in terms of their efforts to achieve global food security. However, there are less popular but effective agencies as well like the Organization for EELUm Refugees Rehabilitation, Action Against Hunger, International Land Coalition, and the Center for Research on Municipal Corporations, that are consistently working toward delivering safe food to people who may not have access to quality edibles.
Action Against Hunger piloted MUAC tapes in Isiolo between 2017 and 2018 and showed that mothers and families could screen for acute malnutrition independently instead of waiting for health workers.
In the first interview for Carib News’ In the Know Podcast, we chatted with Roseval Supreme, Country Director for Action Against Hunger, a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger.
One family's story paints a picture of what many are coping with in Somalia. Nuro Ibrahim Ali, a mother of four children, was forced to leave her Goof Gadud Buro Hiraab village last year after her small herd of livestock died due to drought. She sought refuge in a displacement camp in Baidoa, nearly 20 miles away. There, a measles outbreak killed many children, and her two- and four-year-old children caught the highly contagious disease. Community health workers came to Nura’s makeshift home and referred her to a nearby mobile clinic. There, her younger daughter was diagnosed with severe malnutrition and treated at an Action Against Hunger stabilization center nearby, which saved her life.
Aid groups say they have been "pushed against a wall" by the Taliban prohibiting Afghan women from working for NGOs, a ban that has left a dangerous gap in life-saving support.
