Action Against Hunger

ACF International 2009 Annual Report

ACF INTERNATIONAL

Comprised of five independent, non-profit organizations with headquarters in London, Madrid, Montréal, New
York, and Paris, ACF International saves the lives of malnourished children while providing families with access
to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. ACF bridges emergency relief with longer-term interventions in
emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity. Our 4,600+ field staff—seasoned
professionals and technical experts in nutrition, water and sanitation, public health, and food security—carry out
life-saving programs in more than 40 countries. These programs reach nearly five million people a year, restoring
dignity, self-sufficiency, and independence to vulnerable populations around the world.

ACF-USA
www.actionagainsthunger.org
Chairman: Raymond Debbane
Executive Director: Nan Dale

ACF-France
www.actioncontrelafaim.org
President: Denis Metzger
Executive Director: François Danel

ACF-Spain
www.accioncontraelhambre.org
President: José Luis Leal Maldonado
Executive Director: Olivier Longué

ACF-UK
www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk
Chairman: Paul Wilson
Executive Director: Jean-Michel Grand

ACF-Canada
www.actioncontrelafaim.ca
President: Diane Bussandri
Executive Director: Richard Veenstra

Reflects the leadership of each ACF

headquarters as of December 31, 2009

Cover photo:
photos:ACF-Sudan,
ACF-Afghanistan,
courtesycourtesy
J. Seagle,
I. Eshragi/Agence
Counterpart Images
VU; ACF-Sri Lanka, courtesy J. Lapegue
LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

action against hunger

Action Against For 30 years, Action Against Hunger | ACF International has been fighting

Hunger Core what is now an old and well-known enemy: Hunger.

Principles
The ACF International Charter
affirms six core principles that all
staff members worldwide pledge to
uphold in carrying out their work.
Independence
Today, an epidemic of childhood malnutrition devastates communities in
nations throughout sub-Saharan Africa like the Democratic Republic of
Congo, Niger, Chad, and Mali. And in countries as diverse as Guatema-
la, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, millions of people are, more than ever,
in need of food. Malnutrition has become an insidious disease spreading
into the poorest populations. Among the nearly three billion inhabitants of
our planet surviving on less than two dollars a day, one billion suffer from

Neutrality under-nutrition.

Non-Discrimination But hunger is not a question of shortages; largely, it is the result of neglect
and poor policy decisions. At the dawn of the 21st century, we have the
Free and Direct tools and the knowledge to end hunger, but we lack the political will to
Access to Victims do it. While $4 to $9 billion a year would be enough to eradicate severe
acute malnutrition—the deadliest form of hunger—the wealthiest nations give
Professionalism away $1 billion every day to subside their farmers, and large corporations
spend billions more on executive compensation and bonuses.
Transparency
Faced with these stark realities, ACF is waging a battle against hunger on
three fronts. First, we save lives threatened by acute malnutrition and provide
communities with the tools to get back on their feet after a crisis. Second,
we bring our contribution to the fight against selfishness and complacency
through testimony and advocacy. Finally, we take leadership in a growing
movement to convince the wealthiest countries to consume differently and
help the world’s poorest nations produce more efficiently. Our life-saving
humanitarian work is three-fold: treatment for those most severely affected by
acute malnutrition—infants, young children, pregnant women, and nursing
mothers—with Ready-to-Use Foods like Plumpy’nut and other supplementary
products; vital programs in water, sanitation, and hygiene; and support for
families to access food through the distribution of seeds and tools, training in
agricultural techniques, and a range of income-generating activities.

As a leader in our field, we are more committed than ever to confronting

one of the most serious challenges of our time: the injustice of hunger. On
behalf of the International Chairmen’s Council, I am proud to present this
report highlighting some of ACF’s key accomplishments in 2009.
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ON THE COVER
Our comprehensive approach to
global hunger delivers a range of
community-centered solutions to
populations in crisis, like this woman’s Denis Metzger
community in southern Sudan. Chairman, International Chairman’s Council 1
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A UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

For almost Our comprehensive solutions to global hunger are needs-

based, context-specific, and customized through direct
30 years, Action community participation. While the programs we run
Against Hunger may vary from one country to the next, they all share this
defining set of characteristics:
has led the way
in defining the Comprehensive: Action Against Hunger integrates activities in
nutrition, food security & livelihoods, water, sanitation & hygiene, and
idea of global advocacy. To tackle the underlying causes of hunger, we address the
partnership. social, organizational, technical, and resource concerns essential to a
community’s well-being.

Lasting Solutions: Action Against Hunger works to ensure our

programs can be sustained without us. By integrating our programs
with local and national health systems, we transform effective, short-term
interventions into sustainable, long-term solutions.

Community-Centered: A community-centered approach is key

to building local capacity for the management and maintenance of our
programs. Through training, workshops, technical support, and mentoring,
Action Against Hunger builds local capacity and cultivates community
know-how for the long-run.

Independent & Impartial: As a nongovernmental humanitarian

agency, ACF is apolitical. But when it comes to human suffering, we are
not neutral: We do our utmost to deliver effective assistance whenever and
wherever it’s most needed.

Full Accountability & Transparency: Action Against

Hunger directly implements and oversees all of its programs, requiring full
access to communities targeted for assistance. Committed to transparency
and full disclosure, ACF ensures key financial information is publicly
available and that its programs undergo external evaluation to assess
their impact.

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ACF’S INTEGRATED APPROACH TO FIGHTING HUNGER
Today, a billion people NutritioN: Nutrition programs
suffer from hunger aim at assessing, preventing and
and lack access to treating acute malnutrition among
clean drinking water. the most vulnerable populations,
Through an integrated especially young children and
approach incorporating pregnant or lactating women.
Nutrition, Food Security Health programs consist of fighting
& Livelihoods, Water, diseases linked with malnutrition.
Sanitation & Hygiene, and
FOOD SECURITY &
Advocacy, Action Against
Livelihoods: Action
Hunger responds efficiently
Against Hunger’s food security
and effectively to help
programs include both emergency
vulnerable populations
programs—such as emergency
around the world.
food distributions—as well as long-
term interventions. These programs
aim at boosting agricultural and/
or economic activity, providing
populations with sufficient access
to food of a satisfactory quality
and improving self-sufficiency.
ACF’s programs Our food security &
provide immediate livelihoods programs
assistance and offer a broad range
long-term relief to of solutions for
malnourished children generating income
and their families. and food production.
(From left): ACF-Mali; ACF-Uganda, courtesy T. Frank; ACF-Uganda, courtesy T. Frank
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WATER, SANITATION &
HYGIENE: These programs
aim at guaranteeing access to
drinking water and good sanitary
conditions (by providing wells,
water distribution networks,
latrines, hygiene education
sessions, etc.).
ADVOCACY: Action Against
Hunger seeks to alert and influence
the international community when
fundamental rights such as access to
water or food are violated. Action
Against Hunger’s advocacy efforts
aim at affecting institutional and
policy changes to help create a
world without hunger.
ACF ensures
effective assistance
ACF INTERNATIONAL
by working directly
with communities
to customize lasting
solutions to hunger.
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 PROGRAM MAP
ARMENIA

MALI CHAD

NIGER
HAITI
GUATEMALA

MAURITANIA
GUINEA

NICARAGUA

SIERRA LEONE
LIBERIA
COLOMBIA
IVORY COAST
BURKINA FASO
ECUADOR
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO (DRC)
PERU

ANGOLA

BOLIVIA

PARAGUAY

In 2009, some 4.6 million

people around the world
benefited from ACF’s programs.
The breadth of Action Against Hunger’s international
expertise goes beyond the scope of our current
programs. Additionally, we have worked in many
other countries, including Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Cambodia, Cameroon, North Korea, Mozambique,
Macedonia, Rwanda, and Tanzania.

This map reflects the reach of ACF International as of

December 31, 2009.

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 NORTH CAUCASUS

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GEORGIA AZERBAIJAN
MONGOLIA

AFGHANISTAN MYANMAR
SYRIA
LEBANON

PALESTINIAN
TERRITORIES

ETHIOPIA
PHILIPPINES
SUDAN
SOMALIA

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

KENYA

UGANDA

BANGLADESH

INDONESIA

MALAWI

SWAZILAND

ZIMBABWE

LESOTHO

(From left): ACF-Sudan, courtesy J. Seagle, Counterpart Imges; ACF-Sudan, courtesy J. Seagle,
Counterpart Images; ACF-Georgia; ACF-Indonesia; ACF-Sudan, courtesy J. Seagle, Counterpart Images
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 SELECT PROGRAMS
Sudan
In Darfur, Sudan, where some 2.5
million people depend on humanitar-
ian assistance for survival after con-
flict forced them from their homes,
Action Against Hunger conducted
one of its largest relief efforts to-date.
From treating children with acute
malnutrition, to distributing seeds
and tools to families, to constructing
and rehabilitating safe water points,
ACF provided emergency relief for
hundreds of thousands who had
nowhere else to turn. On March 4,
2009, after the International Crimi-
nal Court issued an arrest warrant
for Sudanese President Omar Hassan
al-Bashir, authorities ordered ACF
to leave northern Sudan along with
15 other humanitarian aid organiza-
tions. With its registrations revoked,
ACF’s offices in Khartoum, Darfur
and Bentiu were sealed off and the
organization’s programs brought to a
halt. ACF deplores this decision and
continues to seek opportunities to
resume its relief efforts.
Meanwhile, in southern Sudan, ACF
responded to the growing food deficit
brought on by high staple food
prices, poor stocks from last year’s
crop yields, and an extended dry spell
that delayed the planting season. In
communities struggling to rebuild
their lives after two decades of brutal
conflict, ACF scaled up its life-saving
nutrition programs; distributed seeds
and tools to vulnerable families; and
worked with communities to diver-
sify their crops, increase their yields,
and generate income.
(From left) ACF-Guatemala, courtesy B. Grignet; ACF-D.R.Congo, courtesy Burger/Phanie; ACF-Cambodia,
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The Democratic Republic
of Congo
Active in the Democratic Republic
of Congo since 1996, Action Against
Hunger recently found some of
the highest rates of acute malnutri-
tion it had ever seen while carrying
out surveys in the country’s remote
southern reaches. In this region
suffering from the collapse of the
mining industry, farmers struggled
without appropriate skills and access
to seeds and tools, and a contagious
disease destroyed staple food crops.
ACF responded by establishing emer-
gency nutrition programs in areas
where life-threatening malnutrition
was rampant among young children.
In 2009, the humanitarian organiza-
tion treated nearly 30,000 severely
malnourished children throughout
the country by combining direct
intervention on behalf of affected
children with technical and logistical
support for local actors working in
the region.
In eastern D.R. Congo, where ongo-
ing violence has terrorized civilians
and forced thousands from their
homes, ACF continued its emer-
gency programs in the area, bringing
clean water to affected communities;
promoting sanitation and hygiene to
control outbreaks of deadly water-
borne disease; treating acute malnu-
trition; and providing access to seeds,
tools, and training in agricultural
techniques.
Indonesia
In September 2009, two earthquakes
shook the Indonesian island of
Sumatra within days of each other,
leveling buildings, and causing thou-
sands of residents to abandon their
homes. ACF’s teams in Indonesia
were well prepared for this type of ca-
courtesy J. Lapegue

tastrophe; they distributed stockpiles
of emergency supplies—including
first aid and hygiene kits, buckets,
shovels, blankets, and drinking water
containers—to 12,000 residents in
rural areas affected by the disaster.
Since the quakes destroyed water and
sanitation infrastructure throughout
the region, ACF worked with local
authorities to set up 15 high-capacity
water points across the hard-hit city
of Padang to provide 120,000 people
with access to safe water.
The Philippines
In the Philippines since 2000, Action
Against Hunger rushed to provide
immediate assistance to the victims
of Typhoon Ketsana, which hit the
country in late September 2009.
Massive flooding caused by the ty-
phoon killed an untold number and
forced hundreds of thousands from
their homes and into temporary relief
centers in the capital city of Manila
and surrounding provinces.
In the immediate aftermath of the
disaster, ACF mobilized emergency
ACF’s therapeutic
programs target
children under five as
the most vulnerable
to malnutrition.
(From left): ACF-Liberia, courtesy L. Grosjean; ACF-Burkina Faso; ACF-Sudan, courtesy G. Korganov u Rapho
distributions of food, drinking water,
hygiene kits, portable latrines,
blankets, mattresses, sheets and
cooking utensils for thousands of
families displaced by the floods. The
organization also launched a public
awareness campaign in local schools
to train vulnerable children, as well as
their families, in best sanitation and
hygiene practices during emergencies.
South Ossetia
A year after the Russia-Georgia
conflict over South Ossetia formally
ended, some 30,000 people displaced
during the fighting were still unable
to return home because of continued
unrest, the looting and burning of vil-
lages, and the destruction of crops and
livelihoods. Residing in settlements
and temporary shelters like schools
and churches, they found it increas-
ingly difficult to support themselves.
Action Against Hunger responded by
helping generate income and provid-
ing needed services. ACF built and
restored water and sanitation facilities
in shelters to help prevent outbreaks
We work directly
with local populations
to identify existing
coping mechanisms
and develop
appropriate solutions.
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of disease, and distributed food, clean
water, and hygiene kits in centers for
the internally displaced. In response
to chronic poverty and high levels of
unemployment, ACF also supported a
variety of income-generating projects,
including agricultural cooperatives
and cattle rearing. With the goal of
ensuring the sustainability of its pro-
grams, ACF offered technical training
and skill development courses to local
farmers and service providers.
Burkina Faso
Action Against Hunger mounted
an emergency response in the fall
of 2009 after the heaviest rainfall in
almost a century destroyed major
parts of Ouagadougou, the capital of
Burkina Faso. Left homeless by the
flooding, tens of thousands of people
sought refuge in dozens of make-shift
shelters throughout the city.
In Bogodogo, one of the poorest
areas of the capital where most of
the houses were destroyed by the
flooding, Action Against Hunger
ensured 7,500 people had access to
ACF’s expertise
ACF INTERNATIONAL
draws on 30 years
of humanitarian
action in a wide
range of countries
and cultural contexts.
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 SELECT PROGRAMS
clean drinking water, latrines, wash-
ing areas, and hygiene kits to help
control disease outbreaks—a main
cause of malnutrition.
ACF worked in close collaboration
with government health authorities to
prevent and treat acute malnutrition
in the eastern region of Tapoa through
a variety of food security initiatives
and support to community-based
therapeutic and supplementary
nutrition programs.
Guatemala
In the Corredor Seco, an arid region
on the border of Guatemala and
Honduras, severe food insecurity and
high childhood malnutrition rates
surfaced in 2009 as a result of unusu-
ally low rainfall and the effects of the
global economic recession. In some
areas, more than half of the corn
harvest, and 70 percent of the bean
crops, were lost due to insufficient
rainfall. According to Action Against
Hunger’s assessments, 40 percent
of families were skipping at least
one meal a day, and 90 percent had
Poverty, deprivation,
and hunger are all
too common, but
ACF’s programs help
restore dignity, health,
and self-sufficiency.
8 (From left): ACF-Liberia, courtesy V.(From
Burger;left)
stopped consuming one of the basic
food groups.
In Guatemala since 1998, ACF
intervened on an emergency and
long-term basis, treating children
with severe acute malnutrition and
providing nutrition, food security,
and water and sanitation programs
in the area. ACF launched cash-for-
work and agro-forestry programs,
constructed wells, and offered in-
struction in nutrition and improved
agricultural techniques.
Mali
A protracted drought in eastern Mali
destroyed crops, decimated cattle,
and caused an alarming increase in
the number of children with moder-
ate and severe acute malnutrition.
The drought prolonged the dry
season by two months, forcing farm-
ers to delay planting and harvesting
crops, which in turn set off a dramat-
ic rise in the price of basic foods. In
some areas, the rice harvest was down
75 percent, a major blow to people
dependent on this staple food.
Our 4,600+ staff
are seasoned
professionals and
technical experts in
water and sanitation,
food security, public
health, and nutrition.
ACF-Georgia; ACF-Uganda,
ACF-Guatemala, courtesy
courtesy B.
Grignet; ACF-D.R.Congo, courtesy Burger/Phanie; ACF-Cambodia, courtesy J. Lapegue
Action Against Hunger, in Mali since
1996, responded by ramping up its
therapeutic nutrition programs to
ensure sufficient supplies of ready-
to-use foods for 1,600 children with
life-threatening malnutrition. The
organization also launched a series of
programs aimed at diversifying agri-
cultural production and improving
household income, including seed
and tool distributions, technical skills
trainings, and support for women’s
economic cooperatives and other
micro-enterprises.
Liberia
Actively involved in Liberia’s recon-
struction and development efforts
since the civil war ended in 2003,
Action Against Hunger worked
alongside local partners with the aim
of ensuring that life-saving services in
nutrition, clean water, and sanitation
continue to meet the needs of vulner-
able populations well into the future.
Since 2006, ACF has worked with
Aid for the Needy Development Pro-
gram (ANDP), the only local non-
Our emergency
interventions ensure
access to clean
water, a first line of
defense in mitigating
a natural disaster.
T. Frank

governmental organization specializ-
ing in the detection, prevention and
treatment of malnutrition in greater
Monrovia, where many clinics and
hospitals were damaged or destroyed
during years of conflict. After gradu-
ally increasing their capacity, ANDP
assumed responsibility for directly
implementing all aspects of the nutri-
tion programs in the capital, with
ACF playing only a supporting role
by providing advice and guidance.
And, as poor access to safe drinking
water and lack of sanitation facilities
is a major cause of illness and mal-
nutrition in Liberia, ACF provided
training and operational support to
ACF-Liberia, courtesy L. Grosjean
another local organization, Ground
Water Exploration Incorporated,
which brought safe drinking water
to some of the hardest to reach rural
communities in the country.
Afghanistan
In 1979, Action Against Hunger
launched its first emergency humani-
tarian intervention in Afghanistan and
continues to run programs that help
people provide for their families in
the face of changing environmental
and security conditions. While years
of drought and desertification have
taken a significant toll on the Afghan
population, plunging them into severe
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food insecurity, the resurgence of vio-
lence since 2008 has made access to
vulnerable communities increasingly
difficult. In the provinces of Kabul,
Day Kundi, Ghor, Samangan and
Parwan, ACF provided lifesaving as-
sistance to families, organizing major
distributions of food and seeds for the
harvest season and ensuring sustain-
able access to clean drinking water in
hard-to-reach areas.
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STRATEGIC PLAN
Driven by the Needs of the
Most Vulnerable
In 2009, ACF International finalized a six year strategic plan
that looked forward to 2015 and set ambitious goals designed,
in part, to help meet the UN’s Millennium Development Goals.
The ACF International Strategic Plan was developed over a 22
month period divided into three discrete phases. We began with
an investigation of major trends affecting our work, including
the recent food and financial crises and the impact of emerging
new threats such as climate change. Our analysis included a
careful look at the current and projected state of world hunger,
an examination of the progress—and obstacles to progress—that
has been made to address acute malnutrition, the impact of such
related causes as violent conflict and natural disasters, along with
major contributing factors like the lack of accessible clean water,
sanitation or food security.

During the initial diagnostic phase, Bain & Company provided pro
bono support to examine and clarify our core business, benchmark
ACF’s reputation as perceived by a wide range of stakeholders,
and review strategies to improve our impact. In the next phase
of the planning process, technical teams were charged with
developing strategic frameworks by sector, while early drafts of
strategic priorities were developed with extensive input from staff
at all levels. The final phase included review and validation from
board leadership, along with the development of metrics and a
monitoring plan to measure progress.

The ACF International Strategic Plan set the intention for the network.
Each HQ then developed its own Strategic Plan tailored to the needs
and resources of that office with the international plan providing
common goals and serving as the basic framework for planning.

(From left) ACF-Guatemala, courtesy B. Grignet; ACF-D.R.Congo, courtesy Burger/Phanie; ACF-Cambodia,

10 ACF-Uganda, courtesy T. Frank courtesy J. Lapegue
ACF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC
GOALS & OBJECTIVES FOR 2015
Preventing and Treating Malnutrition
Serving as a Lead Resource on Global Hunger
Driven by a vision of a world without hunger, the ACF Strategic Plan builds on three
decades of field-tested experience. The 2015 plan provides international leadership in
the fight against hunger through five component goals:
increase impact on
acute malnutrition,
curatively and
preventively, especially
for young children
Treat or prevent acute malnutrition for
at least 1.5 million children annually.
Address the underlying causes of acute
malnutrition, reduce risk and prevent
deteriorating nutritional situations in
pregnant/nursing women and other
vulnerable groups. Engage stakeholders
and enhance the capacity of local
and national government entities
to take concrete steps to eradicate
acute malnutrition and develop early
warning systems.
respond to
humanitarian crises,
restore livelihoods
of vulnerable
populations and
reinforce longer term
population resilience
to food, water and
nutrition crises
Improve ACF’s capability to
respond rapidly to crises. Increase
support to help the most vulnerable
populations, especially women,
achieve or regain self sufficiency in the
areas of nutrition, food security and
livelihoods, and water and sanitation.
Build long term resilience in those
populations most vulnerable to
natural disasters.
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further develop
partnerships with
local, national,
and international
stakeholders to
increase the number
of beneficiaries and
promote sustainability
Improve ACF’s impact on acute
malnutrition by increasing the become preeminent
numbers of beneficiaries served as an advocate and
by partner organizations. Develop
reference source
partnerships to empower national
on hunger and
and local organizations, promote
malnutrition
program sustainability, and build the
Develop a more reliable, timely
capacities of both ACF and its partner
and comprehensive information
organizations.
system for operational and external
communications. Increase ACF’s
build acf’s capacity
voice in international policy
to ensure effective
and funding forums focused on
and efficient response eradicating acute malnutrition.
to global food and
nutrition crises
Develop greater financial
independence and sufficient
revenue to increase ACF’s impact
on the eradication of hunger and
malnutrition. Enhance human
resources to ensure that ACF has
the manpower and talent needed.
Enhance ACF’s logistics systems
to ensure adequate support for
nutrition, food, water and sanitation
programs. Address the deterioration
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of security conditions for expatriate
and national staff. Invest in research
and development.
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 PRAISE FOR
ACTION
AGAINST
HUNGER
President
Nelson Mandela
“Action Against Hunger is in war-torn
countries that many fear to tread. They
are technical people…that forgo the
comforts of modern life to assist local
populations and refugees at the most
fundamental level in the most danger-
ous locales. They provide nutrition,
healthcare, sanitation, and food sustain-
ability. They train populations to be
self-sufficient. Although these dedicated
men and women want to eliminate the
need for their services, humanity is not
willing and forces them to witness the
most heinous actions.”
(Top): ACF-Sudan, courtesy J. Seagle, Counterpart Images. (Bottom): ACF-Sudan, courtesy J. Seagle, Counterpart Images
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Archbishop
Desmond Tutu
“Action Against Hunger—the title
speaks for itself. This is a remarkable
organization with a staff of energetic,
enthusiastic and deeply committed
people who are determined to make
a difference to the lives of thousands
of people. There are millions who do
not have access to clean water, food,
health services or education. They are
condemned to a grinding life of pov-
erty with no choices. Action Against
Hunger is changing this. Their train-
ing programmes are improving the
quality of life and health and, above
all, bringing hope to thousands in
underdeveloped countries. I commend
them for their outstanding work and
welcome the opportunity to express
my support.”
Anderson Cooper
“I’ve been covering humanitarian crises
since the early 1990s and have often
been impressed by the work of Action
Against Hunger. They are among the
first to respond when tragedies unfold,
and they work to ensure that com-
munities have a fighting chance to get
back on their feet. In addition to the
life-saving work CNN viewers have
seen covered in Darfur, Action Against
Hunger also has teams working in
communities all around the globe.”
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FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Increasing Funds to Expand Global Effectiveness
Over the past five years, the financial resources of ACF International has in-
creased by nearly €40 million. This steady growth of close to 11% annually has
allowed ACF to implement strategies that prevent and treat acute malnutrition
and help restore communities to self-sufficiency, while still having the capacity
to respond rapidly and effectively to nutritional crises whenever and wherever
they occur.

The chart below presents a five year history of the growth in ACF International’s
annual operating budget. While the revenues received in any given year include
dollars (in some cases both US and Canadian), euros, and pounds, the totals
have been converted into a single currency for the purposes of comparison. The
conversion rates used in this table reflect the historical average rates of exchange
for the year in question.

Please note that the 2009 numbers are preliminary figures pending a final audit.

€140M

€120M

€100M

€80M

€60M

€40M
€101.01

€104.75

€126.73

€130.59
€92.60

€20M

0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

ACF INTERNATIONAL ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES:

Committed to Direct Field Services
In 2009, over 84% of all funds directly supported our field programs in nutri-
tion, water, sanitation & hygiene, and food security & livelihoods. The balance
covered the general management and administration costs of the five headquarter
offices, along with expenses related to fundraising, press relations, and public
outreach. As above, these figures reflect preliminary, pre-audited totals.

4.3%
11.4% Programs & Services to Field
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€105,100,000

Fundraising & Communications

€14,149,000

Management & Administration

84.4% €5,351,000

(From left) ACF-Guatemala, courtesy B. Grignet; ACF-D.R.Congo, courtesy Burger/Phanie; ACF-Cambodia, courtesy J.
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