About Us

A girl holds her smiling little sister.
Olivia Acland
Action Against Hunger, DRC
A mother carries her two children over a muddy road.

Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger.

A mother carries her two children over a muddy road.
Child and mother in Mali
Elisabeth measures her daughter's nutrition status using a simple tool called the Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) band

We save lives and build resilient communities

We are there for them before and after disaster strikes. We enable people to provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong, and for whole communities to prosper. We constantly search for more effective solutions, while sharing our knowledge and expertise with the world. We push for long-term change.

With over 40 years of experience in conflict zones, natural disasters and response to food crises, Action Against Hunger is one of the most important international organizations specializing in addressing hunger and its underlying causes.

In 2023, thanks to your support, Action Against Hunger worked in 56 different countries around the world with more than 8,900 employees and volunteers helping 21 million people in need.

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Quick Facts About Us

For more than 40 years, we have led the global movement to end hunger, for everyone, for good.

An Action Against Hunger Aid Worker holds a child in his arms in Mali.
8,900+

Aid Workers Dedicated to Saving Lives & Helping to End Hunger Around the World

Rosina Chenangat, 38, is the leader of the kitchen garden which is an initiative of the Mother-to-Mother support group in Kapkitony Village in West Pokot, Kenya.
21M

People Reached Every Year with Our Proven Hunger Programs

Nadia nurses her youngest child, 2 months old, at home in Duykondi Province, Afghanistan. Action Against Hunger works in this area to manage feeding programs and provide mobile health and nutrition support.
$0.87

Of Every Dollar Donated Goes to Program Activities to Prevent and and Treat Hunger

Where we work

Action Against Hunger reaches 21 million people a year across 56 countries.

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Together, We Can End Hunger

We save the lives of children and their families. We will never give up. Until the world is free from hunger.

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