Monthly Archives: April 2021
Fighting malnutrition in Pakistan with innovation and hands-on learning
Zareena tending to her livestock. Photo: Khaula Jamil for Action Against Hunger, Pakistan Zareena is a small-scale entrepreneur and young mother in Sindh province, Pakistan. Like many members of their community, she and her husband struggled to provide a nutritious diet for their children. Although Pakistan is a major food producer, high poverty rates and […]
After a fire in the world’s largest refugee camp, the Communication with Communities team helps reunite families
An aid worker collects information from families impacted by the fire. Photo: Action Against Hunger, Bangladesh. When a devastating fire tore through Kutupalong-Balukhali, the world’s largest refugee camp on March 22, it reduced thousands of shelters to ashes and left over 45,000 people displaced. The camp, located in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, houses nearly a million […]
Open Letter on Famine Prevention
An open letter to States and their Leaders from the civil society organisations working with and for the 270 million people facing hunger, starvation or famine all over the world. Every day, we bear witness to suffering and resilience. In Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, DRC, Honduras, Venezuela, Nigeria, Haiti, CAR, Uganda, Zimbabwe, […]
Action against Hunger condemns the new wave of violence in Damasak, Nigeria leaving thousands of people without vital assistance.
Last weekend, non-state armed groups attacked civilians and aid facilities in Damasak, in the northeast of Nigeria. The hospital and the stabilisation center where children affected with severe acute malnutrition are treated, along with NGO offices and aid workers’ homes were targeted and destroyed. Action Against Hunger denounces in the strongest terms this new wave […]
South Sudan: Meet Paguir’s First Doctor
Dr. Paulino examines a young patient at the Stabilization Centre. Photo: Peter Caton for Action Against Hunger, South Sudan. By: Susan Martinez Action Against Hunger’s Stabilization Centre is helping to create a healthier, thriving community in one of South Sudan’s hardest-to-reach areas. There are any number of elements that spark a new community to form, or […]
COVID-19 in South Sudan: Spreading the Word to Stop the Virus
Tondrua Ali, a volunteer with Action Against Hunger in South Sudan. Photo: Peter Caton for Action Against Hunger, South Sudan. By: Susan Martinez When the pandemic began last March, Tondrua Ali felt the impact in Juba, South Sudan immediately. The primary school where the 52-year-old teacher worker quickly closed, and he was among the first […]