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March 11, 2011

lCATADUANES, PHILIPPINES-In response to the threat of tsunamis resulting from the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan, the international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International has launched emergency measures with local and national authorities to help more than 45,000 people evacuate from at-risk areas of Cataduanes, an island province of the Philippines.

Highly prone to natural disasters, the

SAN FRANCISCO-Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the global payments technology leader, and the Cash Learning Partnership, a consortium of leading humanitarian aid organizations, today announced a new partnership aimed at making the distribution of money to individuals-or cash transfers-in disaster relief faster, more effective and more secure. Beginning with a focus project in the Philippines, the partnership will support the development of knowledge and tools that will help humanitarian

Ngong Tunc Malok's home feels eerie and deserted; the still smouldering ashes bear witness to the devastating fire that robbed the family of its livelihood just one day earlier.

"I was alone with some of the children when the tukuls [huts] caught fire from the open fireplace used for cooking; there were no adults here to come to the rescue. There was nothing I could do. First, the tukul where we store all our clothes, cooking utensils and

With unsanitary conditions posing a major public health risk, global humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International is focused on controlling epidemics by distributing safe drinking water and ensuring basic sanitation. Providing emergency

October 26, 2010

ARTIBONITE, HAITI-Action Against Hunger | ACF International has launched an emergency response to contain cholera in Artibonite, the epicenter of an epidemic that has thus far killed over 250 people and caused at least 3,000 more reported cases, and to prevent its spread in the capital of Port-au-Prince. The deadly water-borne illness resurfaced in Haiti last week for the first time in over a hundred years.

Action Against Hunger has launched a

"The situation is truly catastrophic," says Nan Dale, Executive Director of Action Against Hunger's U.S. headquarters. "Survivors are in desperate need of clean water Donate Nowand sanitation, so our focus is on these areas. We'll also be helping families whose lives have been turned upside down recover their livelihoods."

Nurses at the therapeutic Stabilization Center in the Kaabong Referral Hospital call him "the miracle baby." In the hospital records his name is Monday; the staff name orphaned babies according to the day of the week they are born.

Baby Monday's mother went into premature labor in Kathile, a tiny village in Karamoja, the arid and sparsely populated region of northeastern Uganda bordering Sudan. During childbirth, she had a retained placenta, an easily treatable condition where the placenta is

A contagious disease affecting bananas threatens the livelihoods and food security of many rural communities throughout eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region torn apart by more than a decade of brutal conflict. Called wilt, the bacterial disease turns the leaves of banana trees yellow, rots their fruit and eventually kills the entire tree.

Bananas are a staple crop for the region and a vital part of its economy. Not only do the fruits provide the basis

NEW YORK, NY-International humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International has launched an emergency response to assist the victims of ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan. An estimated 300,000 people have been internally displaced and at least 75,000 people have fled to neighboring Uzbekistan since violent clashes erupted in the city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan in mid-June.

Action Against Hunger's top priority is providing displaced populations in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan with access