Action Against Hunger USA

Action Against Hunger is the world's hunger specialist whose primary goal is to create a better way to deal with deadly hunger. For almost 40 years, this global humanitarian organization has been on the front lines treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries; serving more than 20 million people in 2017 alone. Action Against Hunger is the leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. The organization is committed to doubling the number of children who receive urgent hunger care, from three million to six million by 2020. Of every dollar donated, 93 cents go directly to saving lives today and preventing hunger tomorrow.

A world without hunger

Goal One: Save lives by intensifying efforts to eliminate acute malnutrition - Scale up capabilities to expand our leadership and expertise in addressing acute malnutrition

Goal Two: Expand our focus & combat and underlying causes of hunger - Holistically address the acute and systemic causes of hunger

Goal Three: Connect with diverse partners and mobilize the wider public for lasting change - Amplify our outreach and advocacy, collaborating more broadly to multiply our impact

Our organization invested in the creation of a Leadership Group that incorporates senior staff members from different departments across the globe to discuss the objectives outlined in our Strategic Plan. To accomplish this, leadership tools have been provided in the last year.

Around the world, millions of people have died from COVID-19, and, together, we mourn these losses. Beyond case numbers, billions of lives have changed in the last year – and, sadly, millions more people have been driven into hunger and poverty. Even in areas where the virus has been less virulent, the pandemic’s impact on the global economy has hit the poorest people hard. In Juba, South Sudan, for example, our staff and volunteers hear shouts on the streets: "We don't care about corona, we care about hunger!" In many of the communities where we work, COVID-19 compounds issues families already face, including conflict, drought, and flooding. The ripple effects of the pandemic, from job losses and movement restrictions to rising food prices and declining local economies, have pushed many to the brink. At Action Against Hunger, as a trusted health actor in thousands of communities across the world, we continue to do our part to prevent the spread of the virus – and to help vulnerable families who are suffering as a result of the pandemic. As we knew from the earliest days that COVID-19 emerged as a major public health threat, hunger doesn’t stop during a pandemic and neither do we.