Published August 13, 2008 @ 05:53PM PST

"Action Against Hunger Experiences" by Ramona Action Against Hunger inspired me to help out. We got pledges for the Race, which was sponsored through my school, The Ancona School. I felt proud to have participated in helping others. Next, I wanted to do more once the Race was over. I realized that my birthday was coming up, and I saw no reason not to use my party as a way to raise money. I figured that using our money for other people who need it was a better way than spending it on things I might want, but don’t really need. So to continue my plan, I asked my friends to bring a donation instead of buying something for me. That part was hard to do, as I like getting new things. It was the pictures and slideshow that were shown to us that did the trick to get me inte... Read More

Published August 13, 2008 @ 05:51PM PST

Victims of Attack Honored, Call For Justice New York, NY - Two years ago on 4th August 2006, 17 Action Against Hunger humanitarian aid workers were executed on their base in Muttur in Sri Lanka. They were killed in the offices of a humanitarian organization, a place which had, until then, been considered as a safe house. 17 of our colleagues, 17 friends, brothers and sisters. 13 men and 4 women. A father and his daughter, a mother and five fathers. 11 of them had not yet reached the age of 30. 17 human beings who lost their lives because they wanted to help others. Today, the 4th of August, two years to the day after this unprecedented crime, Action Against Hunger commemorates this tragic event. For two years now, out of respect to the memory of the volunteers killed in Muttu... Read More

Published June 16, 2008 @ 08:49AM PST

Action Against Hunger readies the field for a more aggressive campaign against malnutrition The nutritional product “Plumpy’nut” has received some media attention recently. Despite the cute name, this product has shown considerable promise when it comes to tackling childhood malnutrition. As a “ready-to-use-therapeutic-food,” or RUTF, it is a nutritional product that could have a significant impact on the 20 million children who suffer severe forms of malnutrition around the world: only 3% of them ever receive treatment, resulting in 5 million childhood deaths each year. Ready-to-use-therapeutic-foods (RUTFs) already provide a partial solution by helping aid organizations like Action Against Hunger reach larger numbers of undernouri... Read More