Yearly Archives: 2021
“We are working against the clock to get food and drinking water to the local population”
Photo: Action Against Hunger, Philippines Typhoon Rai has affected more than 1,800,000 people and caused at least 375 deaths in the Philippines. According to local authorities, this is the worst typhoon to hit the country this year. Action Against Hunger is responding to the needs of affected populations, organising food distributions and facilitating access to […]
Our 2021 Humanitarian Champion Award Winner: Dr. Oleg Bilukha
Dr. Oleg Bilukha MD, PhD, second person from right. Photo: Action Against Hunger Canada Action Against Hunger Canada launched the Humanitarian Champion Award in 2019. The award serves to officially recognize individuals that have contributed significantly to the global vision and mission of Action Against Hunger; to draw public attention to the full scope of […]
ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIALS 2020
Read Action Against Hunger Canada’s 2020 Annual Report highlighting the interventions made possible by donors like you. Along with donors around the world and support from Global Affairs Canada, together, we provided support to over 25 million people in 2020. Download the full report
“I use my maximum potential to help my patients.” Meet Nurse Ware Arbale
Nurse Ware with 11-month old baby Fardosa and her mother, Safiya. Photo: Peter Caton for Action Against Hunger. In a small, eight-bed ward near the entrance of Yabelo General Hospital in Ethiopia, Senior Pediatric Nurse Ware Arbale is busy making her rounds. The patients here are children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, accompanied by their […]
Mali: Alarming food crisis leaves 1.2 million hungry
The number of Malians facing hunger has increased nearly threefold in one year, warns a coalition of 22 humanitarian organisations working in the country. The triple impacts of rising insecurity, droughts and Covid-19 have plunged a record number of 1.2 million people into a food crisis in 2021. “Food security is threatened on many fronts […]
Women’s Executive Network Names Onome Ako One Of Canada’s Most Powerful Women Of 2021
TORONTO, Oct. 25, 2021 – Today, Onome Ako, CEO of Action Against Hunger, has been named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). The announcement was made today as part of 2021 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, which spans the private, public and not-for-profit sectors and recognizes outstanding […]