Feature Stories
Unprecedented Floods Affect 20 Million in Pakistan
August 18, 2010
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Pakistan has been hit by the worst flooding in its history, with an estimated 20 million people affected. Monsoons have swept away homes, bridges, and roads, leaving millions displaced and in need of immediate assistance. » Read more |
Against All Odds: Baby Monday’s Story
August 5, 2010
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Nurses at the therapeutic Stabilization Center in the Kaabong Referral Hospital call him “the miracle baby.” In the hospital records his name is Monday; the staff name orphaned babies according to the day of the week they are born. » Read more |
Chad: A View from the Ground
July 26, 2010
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Sitting in front of a therapeutic Stabilization Center in Kanem, Western Chad, one-year-old Adam smiles weakly as his mother Hawa cradles him. Determined to save her son, Hawa traveled five days by camel in the burning heat to bring him to the nearest health center. His whole body swollen with edema, Adam was in an advanced stage of acute malnutrition, a condition that can be deadly if left untreated. » Read more |
Fighting Crop Disease in Conflict Area
July 22, 2010
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A contagious disease affecting bananas threatens the livelihoods and food security of many rural communities throughout eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region torn apart by more than a decade of brutal conflict. For the many families whose lives and livelihoods have been disrupted by violence, the disease is yet another roadblock to recovery. » Read more |
Malnutrition Crisis in Chad Threatens Thousands of Young Lives
July 6, 2010
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Country Director Jean-François Carémel discusses the malnutrition crisis in the Bahr el Ghazal region of western Chad, where Action Against Hunger’s recent surveys show the severe malnutrition rate for children under five at 27 percent—almost double the emergency threshold set by the World Health Organization. » Read more |
