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Action Against Hunger has been at the forefront of the fight against hunger and malnutrition worldwide for over 25 years. Their important work is carries out In the countries most affected by poverty and their teams do their utmost day after day to ensure that people are given access to the most basic of human rights - the right to food.
- One child dies every 5 seconds from hunger and malnutrition - see how you can help
- Action Against Hunger brings assistance either during the crisis itself through emergency intervention, or afterwards through rehabilitation and sustainable development programmes.
- Its activities include the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of malnutrition and food security, agriculture and water and sanitation programmes.
Children and Poverty - The Facts
- In 2005, about 10.1 million children died before they reached their fifth birthday - State of the World's Children 2007, UNICEF.
- 852 million people still do not have enough to eat every day. - FAO & The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003
- If food was evenly distributed across the world every human would have plenty to eat.
Action Against Hunger Information
Every 5 seconds a child dies from hunger and malnutrition – every day 852 million people still do not have enough to eat.
Three quarters of those suffering from malnutrition are from rural areas, and one quarter are city dwellers living in the shanty towns of big cities in poor countries. 519 million people suffering from malnutrition live in Asia and more than 200 million in sub-Saharan Africa, a third of the African population.
The population of Africa is less than 15% of the worldwide population and yet has claim to :
- Nearly one quarter of the world’s undernourished population
- 30% of all refugees worldwide
- Half of the 25 million displaced people worldwide
While the development of a country is almost always accompanied by a decrease in the number of people suffering from malnutrition, hunger has nonetheless reappeared in the West, as a result of poverty and exclusion. The same is true in Eastern Europe and in the former USSR, where the end of socialist regimes resulted in the collapse of collective agriculture which had formerly been protected by subsidies. Added to this, the acute vulnerability of elderly people, whose income has collapsed with the liberalisation of the economy, is clearly evident.
The aim of Action Against Hunger is to save lives by combating hunger, diseases, and those crises threatening the lives of helpless men, women and children. Action Against Hunger brings assistance either during the crisis itself through emergency intervention, or afterwards through rehabilitation and sustainable development programmes.
As part of its commitment to fight hunger, Action Against Hunger is constantly raising public awareness on the hunger issue, reminding decision makers of their responsibility to address it, campaigning on the real causes of the persistence of hunger and making the voices of the victims of hunger heard.
If food was evenly distributed, each human being would have plenty to eat. However, more than 852 million people throughout the world still do not have enough to eat.
