Monthly Archives: April 2022
Living Through Yemen’s War: Nada’s Story
Action Against Hunger’s Communications Officer in Yemen, Nada al-Saqaf, shares her story of what life has been in Yemen, before and during the seven-year conflict. Where I grew up, in Yemen’s Lahj Governorate, was filled with joy and fun. My older brother, sister, and I used to go with our grandmother to the green fields […]
“What Can I Give Her?” Desperate Mothers Forced to Flee in Search of Food in Somalia
Photo: Ahmed Issak Hussein for Action Against Hunger, Somalia Mumina Afyarow has no milk left to breastfeed her youngest daughter, just five months old. “What can I give her?” asks the 29-year-old mother of three children under six. In Southwest Somalia, severe drought and extremely limited access to clean water and health services have left […]
Ukraine: NGO Statement on the Targeting of Civilians and Civilian Infrastructure
Photo: Gonzalo Höhr for Action Against Hunger, Moldova We, the undersigned humanitarian organizations, are shocked and disturbed by the level of humanitarian needs and mass civilian deaths, casualties, and sexual violence against women and girls witnessed in different regions across Ukraine. Targeting densely populated areas and collectively depriving civilians of their right to access basic […]
TERMS OF REFERENCE – APPLICATION TO THE GNC TECHNICAL ALLIANCE CONSULTANT ROSTERS
BACKGROUND The Global Nutrition Cluster (GNC) Technical Alliance is a common global mechanism endorsed by over 40 GNC partners to provide systematic, predictable, timely, and coordinated nutrition technical assistance to meet the nutrition rights and needs of people affected by emergencies. Within the GNC Technical Alliance, the Technical Support Team (TST) exists to provide timely, […]
Promoting optimal monitoring of child growth in Mali
Working session on the new WHO standards adopted by Mali Within the framework of the Integrated Fight Against Chronic Malnutrition in Mali project, a capacity building workshop was held from March 4 – 7, 2022 for nutrition officers in the four health districts targeted by the project. The objective was to reinforce the capacities of […]