"It's total chaos: 90 percent of house roofs have been blown off, entirely or in part," said the head of disaster management at the Action Against Hunger humanitarian group, Rija Randrianarisoa.
"Uganda has incredible agricultural potential, yet we continue to see underfunding in the very areas that ensure food security and healthy futures for our children," writes Peter Eceru from Action Aganist Hunger Uganda.
Action Against Hunger could help one child every minute of every year recover from potentially life-threatening hunger. As little as $1 can help trained volunteers screen a child for early signs of malnutrition, support caregiver education and ensure a referral for follow up care. That's the essential first step in delivering malnutrition treatment that is more than 90% effective.
Heather Stobaugh tells Nutrition Insight that the nutrition industry can save lives but cannot solve the root cause. Humanitarian nutrition programs can prevent mass death by delivering life-saving treatments, such as ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF), adapting distribution to insecure environments, and keeping vulnerable children and mothers alive when access to food is deliberately disrupted.
Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) followed closely, each with 25.6 million people affected in each, while Ethiopia had 22 million people struggling to secure nutritional security, showed the data in the report by Action Against Hunger.
An international humanitarian organisation has named Nigeria, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the African countries facing the world's most urgent hunger crisis. Action Against Hunger says the three countries, along with seven others in the Middle East, have nearly 200 million people facing acute hunger due to conflicts, climate disasters and economic collapse.
Nigeria, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are among the countries experiencing the world’s most severe hunger emergencies, according to international humanitarian group Action Against Hunger.
During a recent field visit, Dr Mohamed Ali Kamil and South-West State Minister of Health Sa'id Ahmed Ali toured the upgraded facilities. They praised the hospital’s leadership – supported by Action Against Hunger Somalia – for coordinating partner support effectively and restoring public trust in essential health services.
The global humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger honoured Anderson at its 9th annual Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award for bringing some of the most glaring humanitarian tragedies into focus for the American public and for his ongoing coverage of key global issues.
"Look around, there's only old trees here," said Joaquín Cadario, an agronomist at Action Against Hunger, a nongovernment organization backing the initiative, per the Guardian. "If you had a village with just old people, it will die out at some point. It's the same with trees."
