ACF International 2008 Annual Report

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Action AgAinst Hunger

ACF International 2008 Annual Report


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AcF internAtionAL

Compisd o v indpndnt, non-pot oanizations with hadquats in London, Madid, Montal, NwYok, and Pais, ACF Intnational savs th livs o malnouishd childn whil povidin amilis with accssto sa wat and sustainabl solutions to hun. ACF bids mncy li with lon-tm dvlopmnt,intvnin in mncy situations o confict, natual disast, and chonic ood inscuity. Ou 4000+ ldstasasond possionals and tchnical xpts in nutition, wat and sanitation, public halth, and oodscuitycay out li-savin poams in mo than 40 countis. Ths poams ach naly 5 million popl a

ya, stoin dinity, sl-sucincy, and indpndnc to vulnabl populations aound th wold.

ACF-USAwww.actionagainsthunger.orgChairman: Raymond DbbanExecutiveDirector: Nan Dal

ACF-Francwww.actioncontrelaaim.orgPresident:

Dns MzgrExecutive Director: Franos Danl

ACF-Spanwww.accioncontraelhambre.orgPresident: Jos Lus Lal MaldonadoExecutive Director: Olvr Longu

ACF-UKwww.actionagainsthunger.org.ukChairman: Paul WlsonExecutive Director: Jan-Mcl Grand

ACF-Canadawww.actioncontrelaaim.caPresident: Dan BussandrExecutive Director: Rcard Vnsra

Refects the leadership o each ACFheadquarters as o December 31, 2008

To viw ou nancial inomation, plas visit www.actionaainsthun.o/nancials

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Covr poos:ACF-Aghanistan, courtesy I. Eshragi/Agence VU; ACF-Sri Lanka, courtesy J. LapegueCovr poos:ACF-Uganda, courtesy T. Frank; ACF-Nicaragua.


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Sinc its incption naly th dcads ao, Action Aainst Hun | ACF

Intnational has ld th ht aainst lobal hun. Fom spondin to complx

humanitaian mncis, to addssin malnutition in u camps, to pvnt-

in sasonal ood shotas, ou tams dliv pincipld solutions to millions o

popl in cisis vy ya. And by dvlopin statis in conct with local

populations, ACF woks to nsu that communitis ain sl-sucincy o th

lon tm.

In 2008, as popl acoss th lob acd a shap is in intnational ood pic-

s, dwindlin mploymnt oppotunitis, natual disasts, and ntnchd confict,

ACF launchd nw initiativs and n-tund oths in spons to this v-shitin

nvionmnt. Ou tams povidd li-savin svics in aas inaccssibl by oad

and in ions svd by w oth intnational aid oanizations. Whth in th

atmath o Typhoon Fnshn in th Philippins, in th wak o Haitis dvastatin

huicans, o duin th continud cisis in Dau, ACFs psnc uaantd that

distssd populations civd immdiat assistanc.

At Cyclon Nais stuck Myanma, cuttin o a la swath o th nation om

accss to ood and wat, ACF dw on th hundds o sta mmbs alady

wokin thouhout th county to dliv mo than 25 tons o mncy supplis

to amilis stulin to suviv. Whn a chola outbak thatnd th livs

o tns o thousands in Zimbabw, ACF mountd an immdiat ot to contain

th pidmic by povidin accss to sa wat and bolstin public sanitation

masus. Ou tams stayd at mncis ndd to hlp communitis ainthi livlihoods and scu ood and wat supplis o th utu. W povidd

cash ants to small businsss, distibutd sds and tools to ams divsiyin

thi cops, built and paid wat soucs, and povidd instuction in halth and

hyin.

ACF mains committd to tacklin th symptoms and undlyin causs o malnuti-

tion thouh cuttin-d sach and advocacy. Seasons of Hunger, th ACF

Hun Watch pot o 2008, undscos th ol sasonal ood shotas play

in th psistnc o malnutition and advocats o povn, cost-ctiv solutions

to hlp ams duin piods o outin scacity. Anoth ACF pot lasd in2008, Feeding Hunger & Insecurity, povids policymaks and pactitions with a

oadmap o addssin th cts o th lobal ood cisis.

On bhal o th Boad o Dictos at ach o ou v ACF hadquats, I am

poud to psnt this pot hihlihtin som o ou ky accomplishmnts in 2008.

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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

on tHe coVer

Ou comphnsiv appoach to

lobal hun dlivs a an ocommunity-cntd solutions topopulations in cisis, lik this younils community in Kaamoja, Uanda.

Action AgAinstHunger core

PrinciPLesTh ACF Intnational Chatams six co pincipls that allsta mmbs woldwid pld touphold in cayin out thi wok.

indePendence

neutrALity

non-discriminAtion

Free And directAccess to Victims

ProFessionALism

trAnsPArency

Burton K. HAimes

Chaiman, Intnational Chaimns CouncilACF Intnational

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papa. Whl h pa w

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comPreHensiVe:Action Aainst Hun intats activitis in nutition,

ood scuity, wat and sanitation, halth, and advocacy. To tackl

th undlyin causs o hun, w addss th social, oanizational,

tchnical, and souc concns ssntial to a communitys wll-bin.

LAsting soLutions: Action Aainst Hun woks to nsu ou

poams can b sustaind without us. By intatin ou poams with

local and national systms, w tansom ctiv, shot-tm intvntions

into sustainabl, lon-tm solutions.

community-centered: A community-cntd appoach is ky

to buildin local capacity o th manamnt and maintnanc o ou

poams. Thouh tainin, wokshops, tchnical suppot, and mntoin,

Action Aainst Hun builds local capacity and cultivats community know-

how o th lon-un.

indePendent & imPArtiAL: As a nonovnmntal humanitaian

ancy, ACF is apolitical. But whn it coms to human suin, w a

not nutal: W do ou utmost to dliv ctiv assistanc whnv and

whv its most ndd.

FuLL AccountABiLity & trAnsPArency: Action Aainst Hun

dictly implmnts and ovss all o its poams, quiin ull accss

to communitis tatd o assistanc. Committd to tanspancy and ull

disclosu, ACF nsus ky nancial inomation is publicly availabl and

that its poams undo xtnal valuation to assss thi impact.

FOr ALMOST30 YeArS, ACTIONAgAINST HUNgerHAS LeD THe WAYIN DeFININg THeIDeA OF gLOBALPArTNerSHIP.

ACTION AGAINST HUNGERA UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

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Today, naly on billion popl

su om hun and lack accss

to clan dinkin wat. Thouh an

intatd appoach incopoatin

Nutition & Halth, Food Scuity,

Wat, Sanitation & Hyin, and

Advocacy, Action Aainst Hun

sponds cintly and ctivly to

hlp vulnabl populations aound

th wold.

nutrition: Nutition poamsaim at assssin, pvntin and

tatin acut malnutition amon

th most vulnabl populations,

spcially youn childn and

pnant o lactatin womn. Halth

poams consist o htin disass

linkd with malnutition.

Food security:Action

Aainst Huns ood scuity

poams includ both mncy

poamssuch as mncy

ood distibutionsas wll as lon-

tm poams. Ths poams

aim at boostin aicultual and/

o conomic activity, povidin

populations with sucint accss to

ood o a satisactoy quality and

impovin sl-sucincy.

WAter, sAnitAtion And

Hygiene: Ths poams

aim at uaantin accss to

dinkin wat and ood sanitay

conditions (by povidin wlls,

wat distibution ntwoks, latins,

hyin ducation sssions, tc).

AdVocAcy: Action Aainst

Hun sks to alt and infunc

th intnational community whn

undamntal ihts such as accss to

wat o ood a violatd. Action

Aainst Huns advocacy ots

aim at actin institutional and

policy chans to hlp cat a wold

without hun.

ACFS INTEGRATED APPROACH TO FIGHTING HUNGER

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ACFs poamspovid immdiatassistanc andlon-tm li tomalnouishd childnand thi amilis.

Ou ood scuitypoams o aboad an osolutions o natinincom and oodpoduction.

ACF nsusctiv assistancby wokin dictlywith communitisto customiz lastinsolutions to hun.

(From l): ACF-Pakistan, courtesy J. Pomerantz; ACF-Niger, courtesy J. Leigton; ACF-Uganda, courtesy T. Frank.


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BOLIVIA

GUATEMALA

NICARAGUA

MALI CHAD

ARMENIA

NIGER

GUINEA

SIERRA LEONELIBERIA

IVORY COAST

ANGOLA

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICOF THE CONGO (DRC)

HAITI

COLOMBIA

ARGENTINA

BURKINA FASO

ECUADOR

MAURITANIA

PARAGUAY

PERU

This map fcts th ach o ACF Intnationalas o Dcmb 31, 2008.

Th badth o Action Aainst Huns intnationalxptis os byond th scop o ou cunt poams.W hav wokd in many oth countis, includinBosnia-Hzovina, Cambodia, Camoon, NothKoa, Mozambiqu, Macdonia, rwanda, Tanzania,and Wstn Sahaa.

PROGRAM MAP


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SUDAN

BANGLADESH

SYRIA

GEORGIA

LEBANON

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

ETHIOPIA

SOMALIA

INDONESIA

UGANDA

KENYA

MALAWI

ZIMBABWE

AFGHANISTAN

SRI LANKA

AZERBAIJAN

NEPAL MYANMAR

MONGOLIA

LAOS

PHILIPPINES

LESOTHO

SWAZILAND

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

ZAMBIA

NORTH CAUCASUS

(From l): ACF-Mali, courtesy S. Vera; ACF-Lebanon, courtesy S. Vera; ACF-Kenya, courtesy N. Dale;ACF-West Bank, courtesy B. Brignet; ACF-Colombia, courtesy S. Vera.


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myAnmArAcon Agans hungr as workd

o m basc nds o amls n

Myanmar snc 1994. in arly May2008, Cyclon Nargs sruck land,

dvasang muc o counry and

xposng an alrady vulnrabl popula-

on o a ood and war crss.

T Bogalay rgon was parcularly

acd, w dsrucon o roads

and brdgs lavng 80,000 popl

solad and n nd o lp. hunkr-

ng down n mprovsd camps n

arma o cyclon, survvors

subssd on damagd, moldy rc

and gard war rom unprocd

sourcs, ncludng rvrs cloggd w

anmal and uman corpss. Drawng

on mor an 550 sa mm-

brs alrady workng rougou

counry, ACF was abl o moun an

mmda rl or or s popula-

on, dsrbung mor an 5,600

ons o mrgncy suppls, ncludng

pron bscus, war purcaon

ks, pumps, and or l-savng

qupmn.

PHiLiPPinesT Plppn arcplago, wc s

gly vulnrabl o sasonal ypoons,

surd a major dsasr n July 2008

wn typoon Fngsn dsroyd

oms, lvloods, and war suppls,

and l undrds o ousands n nd

o asssanc. ACFs nal rspons

ocusd on Corcura and Banon

solad aras o cnral arcpla-goand on Mndnao, counrys

sournmos sland.

Acon Agans hungr dsrbud

ood and basc ygn marals o

1,500 amls (mor an 7,500

ndvduals) on Corcura and Banon,

wr mos o populaon ad

los oms and lvloods and wr

prc o basc oodsus ad rsn

xponnally. On Mndnao, man-

wl, ypoon l 70 prcn

o populaon wou accss o

drnkng war. in rspons, ACFdsrbud war ank lrs, suppls

o soap, and ygn ks o 15,000

popl o prvn sprad o war-

born llnsssousold ms a

ACF purcasd locally o suppor

dvasad rgons conomy.

KenyABgnnng n Dcmbr 2007, allga-

ons o raud n Knyas prsdnal

lcon rupd no wdsprad

volnc a lasd or wks. T R

Vally bor brun o volnc:

n provncal capal o Nakuru,

mor an 30,000 popl soug sl-

r n camps or w rlavs. in r-

spons, Acon Agans hungr scurd

clan war and sanaon acls or

dsplacd and dsrbud ssnal

non-ood ms suc as soap, blanks,

and clong.

Onc suaon sablzd, ACFsood scury xprs uncovrd unm

nds among dsplacd slrng

w rlavs or rnds.., os

wo mssd ou on asssanc

provdd n camps. in parnrsp

w a local bank, ACF provdd s

rsdns w small cas grans or

rvvng lvloods or rbuldng bus-

nsss dsroyd durng conc.

T grans suppord a wd vary

o mcronrprs acvs, rom

womns coopravs a purcasdspnnng wls or a xl busnss,

o vgabl sllrs wo poold unds

o suppor a small sop. Dsgnd

o gnra ncom, s acvs

man mmda nuronal mprov-

mns or amls nvolvd, mos

o wom managd o sav som o

r gran mony as nsuranc agans

uur crss.

(From l) ACF-Guatemala, courtesy B. Grignet; ACF-D.R.Congo, courtesy Burger/Phanie; ACF-Cambodia,courtesy J. Lapegue

SELECT PROGRAMS

ACF-Uganda, courtesy A. Krstevski.


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LiBeriAAcon Agans hungr as bn

acvly nvolvd w rconsrucon

and dvlopmn ors n Lbrasnc nd o s 14-yar cvl war

n 2003. T las wo yars av l

Lbra parcularly vulnrabl o uc-

uaons n global ood prcs gvn s

rlanc on ood and ol mpors.

in Marc 2008, roun nuron

survys uncovrd an alarmng spk

n malnuron ras n capal o

Monrova, a crss a ld o a 40 pr-

cn ncras n admssons o ACFs

dng programs ovr a v monprod. in rspons, ACF scald up

mrgncy nuron programs n

capal and calld on nrnaonal

communy or grar asssanc.

Acon Agans hungr dsrbud 24

ons o ood rougou counry

and connud o mplmn a vary

o programs, rom agrculural suppor

and vrnary asssanc projcs, o

ncom gnrang acvs.

mALiin Gao, Mal, hiV/AiDS ras av

doubld ovr las v yars, ra-

nng populaons ood scuryand ncrasng malnuron ras.

Wn ncom arnrs all ll, wol

amls can xprnc dclns n lv-

ng sandards and ar on a grar

rsk o ungr and malnuron.

Morovr, ndvduals lvng w bo

hiV/AiDS and malnuron rspond

poorly o sandard an-rrovral ra-

mns.

Rcognzng lnk bwn hiV/

AiDS and malnuron, AconAgans hungr launcd an amb-

ous hiV prvnon program o

complmn s ood scury and

war and sanaon projcs. ACF

bgan by xplorng local auds and

bls on sxualy and hiV/AiDS

bor mbarkng on a comprnsv

ducaon campagn. Ts nnovav

campagn argd a-rsk popula-

ons on gnord by sa and local

organzaonsyoung popl agd

15 o 25 and womn ngagd n sx

work. Troug collaborav ors,

ACF lpd buld a nwork o publc

al organzaons addrssng hiV/

AiDS or a rang o prvously x-cludd vulnrabl groups.

sudAnAs umanaran crss n Darur

connud or srag yar,

Acon Agans hungr lpd provd

asssanc o 2.5 mllon dsplacd

popl srugglng o survv n camps

n wsrn Sudan. in 2008 alon,

ACF dsrbud 800,000 ood raons

and compld war and sana-

on projcs bnng ousands o

Darurans.

ACF also connud s work n sou-

rn Sudan, lpng communs o

rbuld r lvs n arma o

dvasang cvl war a ormally

ndd n 2005. Dsp prodc bous

o nscury, ACF workd o prvn

and ra malnuron n rgon by

mplmnng programs n nuron

monorng and ramn; carryng

ou war and sanaon projcs;

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ACFs thaputicpoams tatchildn und v asth most vulnablto malnutition.

W wok dictlywith local populationsto idntiy xistincopin mchanismsand dvlopappopiat solutions.

ACFs 30 yas ohumanitaian actionnsus xptisin a wid ano countis andcultual contxts.

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(From l): ACF-Liberia, courtesy V. Burger; ACF-Nicaragua, courtesy E. Sahsa ; ACF-Kenya, courtesy S. Bruas .


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acng al, ygn, and cookng

classs; dsrbung sds and ools;

and workng w local populaon

o dvrsy crops and gnra ncom.

ZimBABWein 2008, Zmbabw acd ncrasd

polcal unrs and conomc dslo-

caon as naon clmbd o un-

prcdnd ras. War, sanaon,

and publc al sysms bgan o

collaps, and by Augus, a colra

oubrak rand lvs o ns

o ousands o popl. in rspons,

Acon Agans hungrn Zmba-

bw snc 2002launcd mrgncy

programs o conan pdmc by

provdng mmda accss o sa

war, nsurng publc sanaon ma-

surs, sanzng publc war pons,

and promong al and ygn

ducaon. Ts mrgncy ors

connud no 2009.

centrAL AmericA (guAte-

mALA And nicArAguA)Acon Agans hungrs programs n

Guamala and Ncaragua connudo lp communs rcovr rom

dvasaon o hurrcan Flx, wc

sruck rgon n arly Spmbr

2007. ACFs programs provdd war

and sanaon asssanc and bolsrd

local ors o nanc ood suppls.

in addon, Acon Agans hungr

suppord dsasr prpardnss ors

n rgon by buldng an arly

warnng sysm and srngnng

capacy o Guamalas dsasr

rspons agncy o mga mpac

o uur sorms.

HAitiWrackd by dcads o polcal ur-

mol and nvronmnal problms a

av dgradd sols and dmnsd

agrculural ylds, has populaon

as long bn vulnrabl o naural

dsasrs. in 2008, condons only

worsnd as ha was sruck by r

succssv urrcansGusav,

hanna and ik. Awar o coun-

rys vulnrably o svr war

parns, Acon Agans hungr ad

alrady prpard or suc dsasrs bypr-posonng socks o war and

sanaon suppls n cs o Por

d Pax and Por-au-Prnc. Ar

urrcans, ACF was abl o rapdly

sp mrgncy qupmn o

ard- cy o Gonavs, wc was

nundad and cu o rom rs o

ha.

As crss wor on, communs

wr ncrasngly ard-prssd o

accss ood. Acon Agans hungr r-spondd by launcng svral nrvn-

ons o bolsr ncom and dsrbu

oodsablsng dng cnrs or

young cldrn, sng up cas-or-

ood programs a mployd Gonav

rsdns n dggng buldngs ou rom

mud, and dsrbung 11 ons o

ood o popl n nd o mmda

asssanc.

8 (From l) ACF-Guatemala, courtesy B. Grignet; ACF-D.R.Congo, courtesy Burger/Phanie; ACF-Cambodia, courtesy J. Lapegue

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Povty, dpivation,and hun a alltoo common, butACFs poams hlpsto dinity, halth,and sl-sucincy.

Ou 4,000+ staa sasondpossionals andtchnical xpts inwat and sanitation,ood scuity, publichalth, and nutition.

Ou mncyintvntions nsuaccss to clanwat, a st lin odns in mitiatina natual disast.

(From l): ACF-Guatemala; ACF-Colombia, courtesy, S. Vera; ACF-Nepal, courtesy S. Remael.


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PeruAcon Agans hungrs programs n

Pru wr sablsd n 2007 n

wak o an arquak a sruck

counry w suc orc a dv-

asad coasal aras. immdaly ar

arquak, ACF rbul war and

sanaon nrasrucur o prvnan oubrak o war-born llnsss

and or dsass. By 2008, ACF ad

xpandd s ors o nclud ood

scury programs a lp rural com-

muns rplac lvloods los durng

arquak.

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ACF-Nepal, courtesy S. Remael.


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(From l) ACF-Guatemala, courtesy B. Grignet; ACF-D.R.Congo, courtesy Burger/Phanie; ACF-Cambodia,courtesy J. Lapegue

B sph dv, Bap Vala, sal Ha swa

Action Aainst Huns sach and advocacy dpatmnt, Hun

Watch, continud its insihtul pot sis this ya with Seasons of Hunger,

a publication that hihlihts th ol sasonal ood shotas play in th

psistnc o malnutition.

Th pots cont analysis and dtaild cas studis illustat why

sasonality has bn calld th ath o amin. In poo, ual

communitis, hun and malnutition otn ais not om a sinl

catastoph o bad havst, but om th losss that accumulat duin

piods o outin scacity btwn annual havsts. In a typical scnaio,a subsistnc am nds himsl unabl to sto th ood h has own,

and, in nd o mony to pay o dbts o cov xpnss, is ocd to

sll his havsts at vy low pics bcaus oth subsistnc ams hav

simultanously foodd th makt with thi oods. Ionically, ths ams

otn puchas ths vy sam cops lat in th ya at much hih pics.

As thi mony uns out, amilis a ocd to ation ood, cut spndin on

ncssitis, sll o assts, o sot to oth copin statis that lav thm

impovishd.

This outin scacity taks a sinicant toll on childn und v, whos

patd xposu to cyclical hun can sult in pmannt physical andintllctual dama. As pants sll o poductiv assts such as livstock

o land, thi ability to povid o thi amilis duin th nxt shotall is

atly ducd. This is th sasonal cycl that, ya at ya, incass th

vulnability o so many communitis.

Seasons of Hungerdocumnts ths dynamics with a numb o illustativ

cas studis and advocats o povn, cost-ctiv initiativs that can

pvnt this typ o hun. A an o options xist to hlp stulin

amilis duin tims o hadshipom cash-o-wok and vouch tans

poams, to child owth pomotion and community-basd manamnt

o malnutitionto nsu accss to ood and incom duin sasonal

shotas. Seasons of Hungerconcluds by callin o public suppot and

political commitmnts to nd th scou o sasonal hun.

SEASONS OF HUNGER:FIGHTING CYCLES OF QUIET STARVATIONAMONG THE WORLDS RURAL POOR

ACF-Nepal, courtesy S. Remael.


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As global ood prcs spkd ovr pas wo yars, lack o coordnad

nrnaonal acon was vdn as

numbr o ungry ros o narly on bl-

lon popl. in rspons, Acon Agans

hungr carrd ou a srs o ousold

suds n eopa, Cnral Arcan

Rpublc, Srra Lon, and Lbra, and

documnd s ndngs n Feeding Hun-ger & Insecurity, a comprnsv rpora calls or a sysmac approac o

global ood crss.

Acon Agans hungr rsarcrs

ound roublng parns n cas sudy

ar cas sudy: communs around

world adjusd o rsng ood

prcs jus as y cop w sasonal

ungrconsumng wr oods o

dmnsng qualy, cung spndng

on non-ood ncsss, and sllng

producv asss. And wl our ams

dcd no mmda rs n acu

malnuron, Acon Agans hungr s

concrnd a crss as dmnsd capacy o s communs o

war prc socks n yars o com.

Feeding Hunger & Insecurityargus amalnurons roo causs mus b ad-

drssd sragcally rar an roug

on-o rsponss o nuronal crss.

Addrssng acu malnuron mus no

b scondary o nvsmns n povry

allvaon or al programs; savng

lvs roug ramn and prvnonmus complmn longr-rm ood

scury programs. A coordnad ap-proac s ssnal w ar o brak

dadly rlaonsps bwn malnu-

ron, ood nscury, povry, and

publc al crss. Acu malnuron

s a ky ndcaor o sysmc problms.

A condon a undrmns all or

dvlopmn orsnablng dsas,

amprng producvy, and lmng

ducaon and ncom opporuns

malnuron mus b sarng pon

or an ngrad s o soluons.

Tr ar a rang o masurs w can

mplmn o mga cs o

roun ood scarcy:

gLoBAL cereAL reserVes arcurrnly a r lows lvls n 30

yars and sould b ncrasd o m-

ga mark ucuaons and provd

mrgncy suppls durng sorags.

community-BAsed

mAnAgement oF Acute

mALnutrition (CMAM)programs, dployng rapuc

Rady-o-Us Foods (RUFs), av

dramacally mprovd covrag ras

and numbrs o cldrn rad. Bu

only a ny racon o 19 mllon

cldrn w svr acu malnu-

ron vr rcv s l-savng

ramnbwn r and nn

prcn, by som smas. Ts com-

muny-basd approac sould orm aundamnal par o any sragy a

args ungr or malnuron.

groWtH Promotion

ProgrAms can rduc malnur-on among pr-scool cldrn and

prgnan and lacang womn roug

a combnaon o grow monorng,

prnaal car, brasdng promo-

on, al, ygn and nuron

ducaon, and supplmnary dng

programs.

emPLoyment guArAnteeProgrAms provd rlabl wags

wn labor mploymn s ard o

nd. inda as mplmnd

worlds mos comprnsv program,

guaranng 100 days o work a

mnmum wag or a-rsk amls

durng ms o sasonal ungr.

sociAL Pensions or ldrlyczns or or vulnrabl groups

provd val suppor or popl w

lmd ably o work.

Food Aid ProgrAms, wnandld appropraly, can provd

sor-rm rl wl bolsrng

rgonal agrculural producon and

smulang local marks.

index-LinKed cAsH & Food

trAnsFers, suc as ood-or-work programs, can rduc rsk

o sasonal ungr and malnuronroug us o voucrs ndxd o

acual cos o ood.

A mnmum packag o s pro-

grams could provd mporary rl

or communs acd w sasonal

soralls, prodc nuronal crss,

and caasropc naural dsasrs. i

ngrad w longr-rm programs,

a olsc approac can addrss acu

malnuron wl ransonng

oward broadr ood scury rougagrculural asssanc, mprovd accss

o marks, and ncom gnrang

acvs. Food sorags and

ra o sasonal ungr ar no longr

mpossbl o prvn: w av

ools o prvn xrm ungr and

lp vulnrabl communs ovrcom

sasonal callngs.

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ACF-Myanmar, courte sy Haung.


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President neLson mAndeLAAcon Agans hungr s n war-orn

counrs a many ar o rad. Ty ar

cncal popla orgo comors

o modrn l o asss local populaons

and rugs a mos undamnal lvl

n mos dangrous locals. Ty pro-

vd nuron, alcar, sanaon, and

ood susanably. Ty ran populaons

o b sl-sufcn. Aloug s dd-cad mn and womn wan o lmna

nd or r srvcs, umany s

no wllng and orcs m o wnss

mos nous acons.

ArcHBisHoP desmond tutuAcon Agans hungr l spaks

or sl. Ts s a rmarkabl organza-

on w a sa o nrgc, nusasc

and dply commd popl wo ar

drmnd o mak a drnc o

lvs o ousands o popl. Tr ar

mllons wo do no av accss o clan

war, ood, al srvcs or ducaon.

Ty ar condmnd o a grndng l opovry w no cocs. Acon Agans

hungr s cangng s. Tr ranng

programms ar mprovng qualy

o l and al and, abov all, brng-

ng op o ousands n undrdvlopd

counrs. i commnd m or r

ousandng work and wlcom op-

poruny o xprss my suppor.

Anderson cooPeriv bn covrng umanaran crss

snc arly 1990s and av on bn

mprssd by work o Acon Agans

hungr. Ty ar among rs o rspond

wn ragds unold, and y work o

nsur a communs av a gng

canc o g back on r . in add-

on o l-savng work CNN vwrs

av sn covrd n Darur, AconAgans hungr also as ams workng n

communs all around glob.

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PrAise ForAction AgAinstHunger

(top):ACF-Angola, courtesy M. Espriu; (Boom): ACF-Philippines, courtesy J. Lapegue; ACF-Nicaragua, courtesy E. Sahsa.


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increAsing Funds to exPAnd gLoBAL eFFectiVenessSnc 2004, ACF inrnaonal as ncrasd s nancal rsourcs by mor an

70%, growng rom 73 mllon o mor an 126 mllon. Ts sady grow

as allowd ACF o mplmn srags a prvn and ra acu malnur-on and lp rsor communs o sl-sufcncy, wl sll avng capac-

y o rspond rapdly and cvly o nuronal crss wnvr and wrvr

y occur.

T car blow prsns a v-yar sory o combnd annual opra-

ng budgs o ACF inrnaonals v adquarr ofcs. Wl rvnus

rcvd n any gvn yar nclud uros, dollars (n som cass bo US and

Canadan), and pounds, oals av bn convrd no a sngl currncy or

purpos o comparson. T convrson ras usd n s abl rc s-

orcal avrag ras o xcang or yar n quson (.g., n 2003 USD/

euro ra was 1.23, wras n 2008 was 1.47).

AcF internAtionAL ALLocAtion oF reVenues:

A commitment to direct FieLd serVicesin 2008, as n prvous yars, mor an 80% o all unds drcly suppord our

ld programs n nuron, war & sanaon, and ood scury. T balanc

covrd gnral managmn and admnsraon coss o v adquarr

ofcs, along w xpnss rlad o undrasng, prss rlaons, and publc

ourac.

om l) ACF-Guatemala, courtesy B. Grignet; ACF-D.R.Congo, courtesy Burger/Phanie; ACF-Cambodia, courtesy J.Lapegue

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

50m

100m

150m

73m

93m

101m

105M

127M

ACF INTERNATIONALFINANCIAL RESOURCES

PROGRAMS & SERVICES TO FIELD

99,232,931

FUNDRAISING & COMMUNICATIONS

14,572,514

MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION

9,201,997

81%

12%

7%

ACF-Kenya, courtesy S. Bruas.


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