Action Against Hunger
By:R.J.Diaz & Valerie Ledezma
Introduction
ACF-International is a charity that is trying to end world hunger. “Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization committed to end world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger.”(wikipedia.org) Action Against Hunger says. “ACF-International supports world hunger in more than 45 different continents.” (ActionAgainstHunger.org) The issue and cause that ACF-International supports is world hunger. The organization began to grow to a big corporation and is famous for serving the need of world hunger. ACF-International does many things for everyone's community, it helps make the world better. ACF-International is very affective at doing there job and accomplishing there goals.
Mission Statement
What is the issue / cause that your charity supports?
The cause and issue our charity supports is world hunger. Our charity is called “Action Against Hunger,” or ACF-International for short. ACF is trying to solve/ address is world hunger. World hunger is worldwide, it is in 45 different countries and continents such as Africa, North and South America, Asia and the Middle East. World hunger is affecting children and adults, and mostly malnourished people. “Unfair trade is a significant reason for the desperate poverty and hunger of the people in Africa.” (Senker 11)
This problem is affecting our world because if it keeps escalating the world's populations could go down. This problem is also affecting our world because “people resort to baking mud pies and making cookies made of dried yellow dirt salt and vegetable shortening.”(Langley7) This food is what people are resorting to. “Lack of food means that people are malnourished. They are probably weak and likely to become sick. This means they are unable to work, go to school, learn skills or care for eachother.”(Langley13) The outcome of world hunger if it is not addressed is that people who are starving of hunger will just die without our help and hunger won’t stop. It will keep going and the world’s population would just decrease unless people like ACF does something about it. ACF is doing everything they can to address this problem and fix it.
How did the organization begin and grow into what it is now?
Action against hunger has dedicated to saving the lives of severely malnourished children while helping vulnerable families and communities become self sufficient.”It began in France in 1974 by a group of French doctors,scientist and writers”(wikipedia.org).Sadly every min 12 in Africa die from malnutrition. “They have more than 35 years of experience in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity, ACF runs life saving programs in over 45 countries” (ActionAgainstHunger.org)“ACF has won 8 awards throw out there years of carrier.” (ActionAgainstHunger.org).
They have saved many lives in many different countries and continents. “Conflict in South Sudan since December 2013, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced nearly 1.5 million people to leave their homes because the have no monkey to live from.”(ActionAgainstHunger.org) Many people can't work because of their malnutrition so that means that they don't receive money and then they don’t have money to have a house and then they have to live there house.
What does your chosen charity do for the Community.
ACF is a charity that helps to try to prevent and fix hunger. ACF’s mission statement is “ ACF-USA is part of the ACF International Network, an agency,est. Specifically to combat global hunger. The mission of Action Against hunger is to save lives by elimination hunger through the prevention detection and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after situations of conflict war and disaster. From crisis to sustainability we tackle the underlying causes of malnutrition and its effect by using our expertise in nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy. By integrating our programs with local national systems we further ensure that short-term interventions become long-term solutions.”(ChaNavigator.rityorg)
This charity, ACF, helps people who are hungry and malnourished people. ACF-USA is located in “New York, One Whitehall Street, 2nd floor, 10004”(ChairtyNavigator.org). But the general charities base is located in America and many across Europe. ACF holds activities and projects for the community such as “Gifts and grants, fundraising events, government grants,races, campaigns, acts, and”(ActionAgainstHunger.org) ACF provide an option to volunteer at events they are hosting. ACF also provides options to travel around the world to go to a base camp where other volunteers help provide food, water and shelter.
How effective is this charity in accomplishing its goals?
This charity has accomplished many goals throughout it's years. Making donation, fundraisers and by giving monkey are some ways you can help the charity. “In 2014 they spent $0.93 for every donated dollar on program activities.93% goes to the program,5% goes to the management general and 2% goes to the fundraisers.In 2014 they treated 5 million people around the world for malnutrition and illness.”(ActionAgainstHunger.org)This quote shows how ACF-International is using its money and where it’s going.
Millions of restaurants are helping this charity all around the world each year they make fundraisers to support them.Many ways they win monkey is by making donations, fundraisers, giving monkey, making events, making races and acts.”They helped 2,718,401 people Nigeria, 104,117 people in Democratic republic in Congo, 93,043 people in south Sudan.”(ActionAgainstHunger.org)
Call to Action
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Work Cited
"Action Against Hunger." Action Against Hunger. Action Against Hunger/ ACF-USA, n.d. Web. 9 Mar. 2016.
"Charity Navigator - Your Guide To Intelligent Giving | Home." Charity Navigator. Charity Navigator, n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2016.
Langley, Andrew. "Avoiding Hunger And Finding Water." Environment Challenge. S.l.: Raintree, 2011.
Senker, Cath. Poverty and Hunger. Mankato, MN: Smart Apple Media, 2012.