Action Against Hunger
Mission Statement
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Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. We save the lives of malnourished children. We ensure everyone can access clean water, food, training and healthcare. We enable entire communities to be free from hunger.
Focus Areas:
- Children, Disaster Relief, Health, Poverty, Food & Agriculture
Countries Served:
Background:
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Date Founded: 1979Number of Staff: 8000History:
- As the world?s hunger specialist, our primary goal is to create a better way to deal with hunger. For 40 years, we led the global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. Our teams have been on the front lines, treating and preventing malnutrition across nearly 50 countries.
Accomplishments & Progress:- We save the lives of children and their families. We are there for them before and after disaster strikes. We enable people to provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong, and for whole communities to prosper. We constantly search for more effective solutions, while sharing our knowledge and expertise with the world. We push for long-term change. We will never give up. Until the world is free from hunger.
Quality Check:
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2 Group Affiliations Group Verification Status InterAction Waiting verification UN (United Nations) Waiting verification 6 Foundation Affiliations Foundation Name Year Funded Verification Status Rockefeller Foundation 2003 Waiting Verification Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network 2009 Waiting Verification Gates Foundation 2017 Waiting Verification Silicon Valley Community Foundation 2016 Waiting Verification Atlantic Philanthropies 2007 Waiting Verification Tides Foundation 2017 Waiting Verification
Officers and Board:
Contact:
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Address: 1 Whitehall Street, Floor 2
New York , NY 10004
United States
Phone: 2129677800 Fax: Web: http://www.actionagainsthunger.org
Photos:
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Starting a Community Garden in Haiti View Full Size Distribution of Nutrition Packets in Haiti View Full Size Child receiving a check up in Somalia View Full Size Nutrition Assessment in South Sudan View Full Size Hand Washing instruction in Jordan View Full Size Serving hot meals to refugees in Bangladesh View Full Size Installing temporary shelters in Nigeria View Full Size Providing clean water in Yemen View Full Size
