ACTION CONTRE LA

FAIM
(ACTION AGAINST HUNGER)

EDRA, CZHEIMER
 WHAT IS ACF?
is a global nonprofit organization
committed to ending world
hunger.
 HISTORY
1979
Creation of Action Against Hunger by a group of French intellectuals
(Franoise Giroud, Bernard Henri Lvy, Marek Halter, Alfred Kastler a Nobel
Laureate in physics, Guy Sorman, Jacques Attali, and several other doctors,
journalists and writers. )
1995
Action Against Hunger has developed within the framework of an
interdependent international network (ACF-IN) and has opened two
additional headquarters in Madrid, Spain and London, United Kingdom
1997
Opening of a fourth headquarters in New York, United States
2005
Opening of a fifth headquarters in Montreal, Canada
2013
ACF-International was active in over 47 countries, coming to the aid of
around 7 million individuals.
 MISSION
1. Save the lives of severely malnourished children
via the prevention, detection and treatment of
malnutrition
2. Simultaneously, helping vulnerable communities
become self-sufficient.
3. The organization focuses its activities on an
integrated approach, taking various aspects into
account:

Nutrition, health and healthcare practices

Food security and livelihoods
Water, sanitation and hygiene
PROGRAMS OF
ACF
F100 MILK FORMULA
therapeutic milk formula (F100) is pioneered by
Action Against Hunger's Scientific Committee
now used by all major humanitarian aid organizations
to treatacute malnutrition.
As a result, the global mortality rate of severely
malnourished children under the age of five has been
reduced from 25% to 5%.
A few years later, therapeutic milk was repackaged
as ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs), a peanut-
based paste packaged like a power bar. These bars
allow for the treatment of malnutrition at home, and
do not require any preparation or refrigeration.
RESTAURANTS AGAINST
HUNGER
A campaign which partners with
leaders from the food and beverage
industry to bring attention to global
hunger.
Each year, the campaign raises funds
and support for Action Against
Hunger's programs.
ACF ON THE PHILIPPINES
Mission start year:2000
Team:96 personnels
Places of Intervention:
North and Central Mindanao
Bicol region
 Why a target area of ACF?
armed confrontations between the
government and citizens
large inequalities and the extreme
poverty causes thriving on violence
very vulnerable to natural disasters
because of their geographical
location.
 FOOD SECURITY
Agricultural and productive
diversification
Distribution of fertilizers, seeds,
livestock and other resources
Training on production and
management
WATER AND SANITATION
Construction and rehabilitation of
water and sanitation facilities
Hygiene promotion and distribution
in families and schools
Training on environmental sanitation
and disaster prevention
Support for the integration of water
and sanitation in education
EMERGENCY INTERVENTION

Support to the creation of water and

sanitation points, which can be used
by communities and displaced
people during future disasters
Strengthening of communities
capacities for sustainability of the
assistance received
 NUTRITION
Nutritional surveys
Training on detection and treatment
Development of referral systems for
children
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMMING

Diffusion of the experiences of cash

transfer in emergency in the
Philippines
Support of information exchange
between those actors within the Cash
Transfer Working Group