Action Against Hunger - Washington D.C. Press Releases

• Published on March 16, 2024 - 02:44 GMT

  

  After 13 Years of War in Syria, More than Half the Population Faces Hunger

  March 15, 2024 Syria Population: 21.7 million People in Need: 14 million Our Impact People Helped Last Year: 1,297,132 Our Team: 62 employees Program Start: 2008 After 13 years of war, Syria is suffering from the highest humanitarian needs in its recent …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 15, 2024 - 13:18 GMT

  

  “Prosperity Upon Our People and Our Land.”

  March 15, 2024 Syria Population: 21.7 million People in Need: 14 million Our Impact People Helped Last Year: 1,297,132 Our Team: 62 employees Program Start: 2008 Persevering Women in Syria Share Their Stories As Syria marks 13 years of conflict, women …

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• Published on March 15, 2024 - 13:18 GMT

  

  After 13 Years of War in Syria, More than Half the Population Faces Hunger

  After 13 years of war, Syria is suffering from the highest humanitarian needs in its recent history. It is the sixth most food-insecure country in the world, and 16.7 million Syrians depend on humanitarian assistance to survive. In addition to the …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 13, 2024 - 00:31 GMT

  

  War’s silent killer is threatening a new disaster in Gaza — and beyond

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• Published on March 12, 2024 - 20:43 GMT

  

  How One Legume is Transforming Lives in Zambia’s Western Province

  March 12, 2024 Zambia Population: 19 million People Facing Hunger: 1.35 million Drought-Resistant Black-Eyed Peas Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change and Improve Food Security Memory Chilombo Chitengi spends her mornings tending to her farm. She rises …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 12, 2024 - 15:33 GMT

  

  War’s silent killer is threatening a new disaster in Gaza — and beyond

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• Published on March 9, 2024 - 22:06 GMT

  

  Statement on Civil Unrest in Haïti

  Across Haiti, a staggering 300,000 people were internally displaced by ongoing unrest at the end of last year, and now heightened violence has uprooted 15,000 in Port Au Prince the past week alone. Many are being displaced for the second time, compounding …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 9, 2024 - 05:02 GMT

  

  The 10-Year-Old Boy Who Has Become the Face of Starvation in Gaza

  It is all too easy to trace the skull beneath the Gazan boy’s face, the pallid skin stretching tight over every curve of bone and sagging with every hollow. His chin juts with a disturbing sharpness. His flesh has shrunk and shriveled, life reduced to …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 9, 2024 - 05:02 GMT

  

  The 10-Year-Old Boy Who Has Become the Face of Starvation in Gaza

  It is all too easy to trace the skull beneath the Gazan boy’s face, the pallid skin stretching tight over every curve of bone and sagging with every hollow. His chin juts with a disturbing sharpness. His flesh has shrunk and shriveled, life reduced to …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 8, 2024 - 22:50 GMT

  

  Statement on Civil Unrest in Haïti

  Across Haiti, a staggering 300,000 people were internally displaced by ongoing unrest at the end of last year, and now heightened violence has uprooted 15,000 in Port Au Prince the past week alone. Many are being displaced for the second time, compounding …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 8, 2024 - 00:36 GMT

  

  Hunger Has a Female Face

  March 8, 2024 International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate women’s achievements. It’s also a somber day of reckoning with the hard truth that, around the globe, women still face deep inequalities. While you may be familiar with the pay gap, gender- …

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• Published on March 7, 2024 - 23:38 GMT

  

  As malnutrition deaths are reported and hunger grows, will ‘famine’ be declared in Gaza?

  After months of aid agencies' warnings that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were at high risk of famine, many worry it is now taking hold in the northern part of the enclave where children have begun to die of malnutrition and dehydration. The Gaza …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 7, 2024 - 19:23 GMT

  

  As malnutrition deaths are reported and hunger grows, will ‘famine’ be declared in Gaza?

  After months of aid agencies' warnings that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were at high risk of famine, many worry it is now taking hold in the northern part of the enclave where children have begun to die of malnutrition and dehydration. The Gaza …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 5, 2024 - 18:55 GMT

  

  How do humanitarian agencies define hunger in Gaza?

  Humanitarian agencies are yet to classify Gaza as in a state of famine, despite alarming reports of hunger-related deaths and extreme food insecurity.Medical workers have reported increasing cases of child malnutrition in Gaza [Getty} More than half a …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 5, 2024 - 18:55 GMT

  

  The cost of African drought

  Elderly woman rescued from her home in northern Kenya and taken to safety on a donkey cart. Lire en français A new UN report estimates that losses from severe droughts in Africa over the past 50 years due to climate change have exceeded $70 billion, …

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• Published on March 5, 2024 - 18:55 GMT

  

  Head Of UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Seeks General Assembly Support

  UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says his agency's ability to continue its work is 'seriously threatened' after several countries froze funding AFP The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is set to defend his organization's …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 5, 2024 - 14:22 GMT

  

  Saving Lives and Restoring Hope for a Hunger-Free Tanzania

  March 5, 2024 Our Impact People Helped Last Year: 404,110 Our Team: 10 employees Program Start: 2015 Even before entering the Kiomboi Therapeutic Feeding Unit, you can hear babies crying. At this hospital in Tanzania’s Iramba district, extremely sick …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 4, 2024 - 23:21 GMT

  

  The cost of African drought

  Elderly woman rescued from her home in northern Kenya and taken to safety on a donkey cart. Lire en français A new UN report estimates that losses from severe droughts in Africa over the past 50 years due to climate change have exceeded $70 billion, …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 4, 2024 - 18:29 GMT

  

  How do humanitarian agencies define hunger in Gaza?

  Humanitarian agencies are yet to classify Gaza as in a state of famine, despite alarming reports of hunger-related deaths and extreme food insecurity.Medical workers have reported increasing cases of child malnutrition in Gaza [Getty} More than half a …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations
• Published on March 4, 2024 - 18:29 GMT

  

  Head Of UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Seeks General Assembly Support

  UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says his agency's ability to continue its work is 'seriously threatened' after several countries froze funding AFP The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is set to defend his organization's …

  Distribution channels: International Organizations