Action Against Hunger Canada
Creation date: January 30, 2013
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About
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. https://actionagainsthunger.ca/
We save the lives of severely malnourished children while helping communities become self-sufficient. Recognized as a world leader in the fight against malnutrition, Action Against Hunger has pursued its vision of a world without hunger for more than three decades, combating hunger in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity. With more than 8,000 staff in more than 50 countries, our programs in nutrition, food security, livelihoods, water, sanitation, and hygiene, reach more than 28 million people each year.
About
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. https://actionagainsthunger.ca/
We save the lives of severely malnourished children while helping communities become self-sufficient. Recognized as a world leader in the fight against malnutrition, Action Against Hunger has pursued its vision of a world without hunger for more than three decades, combating hunger in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity. With more than 8,000 staff in more than 50 countries, our programs in nutrition, food security, livelihoods, water, sanitation, and hygiene, reach more than 28 million people each year.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Zero hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
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Good health and well-being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
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Gender equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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Clean water and sanitation
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
News and updates
Three-Year-Old Abdullahi’s Fight Against Malnutrition Amid Prolonged DroughtSomalia is facing one of its worst humanitarian crises in decades. Last year alone, 43,000 Somalis died during the devastating drought that left families without access to clean water or enough food.In Madhayta, a small...
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Yesterday, our first #GenerationNutrition transformed their school gardens into nutritious food. Generation Nutrition is Action Against Hunger's program to foster food security and nutrition in Canadian public schools. Watch the clip from CBC News...
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Action Against Hunger’s emergency response in Somalia includes projects like this one, a water distribution system in the Eyl district. Communities in rural Somalia make their living through agriculture and raising livestock: 80 percent of the population depends on small-scale...
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Did you know Action Against Hunger is working in all 10 Government of Canada Famine Relief Fund countries? We're on the ground fighting famine in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen.Make sure to watch Keynyang's story: a 13 year old boy in South Sudan explains how the famine has affected his...
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