A statement from the Regional Desert Locust Alliance Nairobi, 23 March 2020 - While the attention of the global community is drawn to COVID-19, the unprecedented desert locust invasion across the...
By:**Emily Bell Tyree,**Head of Communications,Action Against Hunger As we all confront the coronavirus pandemic, you can’t turn on the news without hearing about handwashing. But how do families...
Nearly a decade after the devastating conflict began in Syria, millions of people have been displaced and still more are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. One of Action Against Hunger’s top...
By Lorjock Riak Lorjock, WASH Program Manager, Action Against Hunger, South Sudan Nyalam Kai, a 26-year-old mother, lives with her husband and three children in Kuerdar, a village in the remote...
More than 4 million people have fled the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. Nearly 1.5 million of these individuals are now living in Colombia. Migration takes an immense toll – physically, mentally,...
Nearly 30,000 Syrian refugees are struggling to adapt to harsh winter weather conditions in the border town of Arsal, in northern Bekaa, Lebanon. For many refugees, this is their eighth winter...
By: Meril Cullinan, Senior Communications Officer, Action Against Hunger For months last year, no rain fell - few crops were planted. Families across East Africa did what they could to survive,...
In the aftermath of the eruption of the Taal Volcano, Action Against Hunger is distributing supplies and ensuring access to clean water, safe sanitation, hygiene kits, and other basic items for...
On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing an estimated 220,000 people, injuring 300,000 and displacing 1.5 million people from their homes. The quake...
While countries responsible for the military response to the conflicts in the Sahel meet in France on 13 January, Action Against Hunger (AAH), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Oxfam warn about...