ACF International Annual Report 2009 - Action Against Hunger

ACTION AGAINST HUNGERA UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL NETWORKFor almost30 years, ActionAgainst Hungerhas led the wayin defining theidea of globalpartnership.Our comprehensive solutions to global hunger are needsbased,context-specific, and customized through directcommunity participation. While the programs we runmay vary from one country to the next, they all share thisdefining set of characteristics:Comprehensive: Action Against Hunger integrates activities innutrition, food security & livelihoods, water, sanitation & hygiene, andadvocacy. To tackle the underlying causes of hunger, we address thesocial, organizational, technical, and resource concerns essential to acommunity’s well-being.Lasting Solutions: Action Against Hunger works to ensure ourprograms can be sustained without us. By integrating our programswith local and national health systems, we transform effective, short-terminterventions into sustainable, long-term solutions.Community-Centered: A community-centered approach is keyto building local capacity for the management and maintenance of ourprograms. Through training, workshops, technical support, and mentoring,Action Against Hunger builds local capacity and cultivates communityknow-how for the long-run.Independent & Impartial: As a nongovernmental humanitarianagency, ACF is apolitical. But when it comes to human suffering, we arenot neutral: We do our utmost to deliver effective assistance whenever andwherever it’s most needed.Full Accountability & Transparency: Action AgainstHunger directly implements and oversees all of its programs, requiring fullaccess to communities targeted for assistance. Committed to transparencyand full disclosure, ACF ensures key financial information is publiclyavailable and that its programs undergo external evaluation to assesstheir impact.22ACF-Guatemala, courtesy J. Salamanca