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Action Against Hunger saves the lifes of severely malnourished children while helping vulnerable communities become self-suficient. It has more than 5.500 staff in 45 countries, they have programs in nutrition, food security and livehoods, and water, sanitation, and hygiene who reached more than nine million people in 2013.


NUTRITION:
AAH's methods for indentifying and rescuing populations afflicted with acute malnutrition are internationally renowned, having pioneered revolutionary nutrition products and field tested treatment protocols that have become industry standards.

WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE:
Every day 4k children die from ilnesses like diarhea, dysentery, and cholera caused by dirty water and unhygienic living conditions. We can't fight malnutrition without tackling the diseases that contribute to it. As part of our integrated approach to hunger, we're getting safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services to communities in need all over the world.

FOOD SECURITY & LIVILIHOODS:
Encompassing a wide array of activities customized to meet a community's specific needs, our programs are designed to bolster agricultural production, jumpstart local market activity, support micro-entreprise initiatives, and otherwise enhance a vulnerable community's access to sustainable sources of food and income.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE:
From cholera epidemics sweeping thourgh refugee camps, to catastrophic natural disasters, to spikes in malnutrition rates brought on by drought, AAH responds to humanitarian emergencies all over the wolrd, delivering immediate life saving services to populations in distress.