2009 ACF-Spain Annual Report

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There is a solution to hunger


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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Action Against Hunger is an international non-governmentalorganisation that is private, apolitical, nondenominationaland non pro t. It was created in France in 1979 to act allover the world. Its mission is to ght against hunger, physi -cal suffering and emergency situations that threaten men,women and children.

ACTION AgAINsT HuNgER ACTs: In cases of grave crisis, either natural or manmade, which

threaten food security or trigger famine. In cases in which the social structure is unravelling, linked

to either internal or external reasons and placing certainpopulations in a situation of extreme vulnerability.

Wherever humanitarian aid becomes a question of survival.Action Against Hungers interventions take place before (pre -vention programmes), during (emergency programmes) orafter crises (rehabilitation and development programmes).

All of Action Against Hungers programmes are aimed atallowing their recipients to recover their autonomy and themeans they need to survive as quickly as possible withouthaving to depend on outside assistance.Action Against Hungers activities are based on the followingprinciples:

INdEpENdENCENEuTRALITyNON dIsCRIMINATIONFREE ANd dIRECT ACCEssTO THE vICTIMspROFEssIONALIsMTRANspARENCy

In 2009, we have witnessed how the economic and nancialcrisis affected what we call the real economy at all levels.This crisis, of course, has also in uenced Action AgainstHungers efforts, confronting the organisation with a yearof major challenges yet also fantastic opportunities. That isbecause this crisis, which is affecting all of us to a greater orlesser extent, has even more direct consequences on thosewith the least means, the most vulnerable people in hardtimes. And it is particularly serious for many of the people forwhom we work, among whom we must mention the displacedpersons and small farming families in the most impoverishedcountries. What stands out in 2009, a year of record harvestsall over the world, is that the number of people sufferingfrom the burden of hunger has only risen, exceeding the sym -bolic gure of one billion. That is, one out of every six peopleon the planet is hungry.Yet the decisions that society, governments and institutionslike ours have to take as a result of the crisis also offer us theopportunity to channel our efforts towards the best resultspossible by improving our ef ciency, innovating and seekingsolutions to the new problems facing us.In the words of Jacques Diouf, General Manager of the UnitedNations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Historydemonstrates that there is no more powerful engine for

promoting growth than the eradication of hunger and povertyand investments in agriculture. And here is where we can

nd the most important lesson to be learned: the political willof governments, institutions and internationals bodies mustbe strengthened to boost the resources earmarked for thispurpose so that one out of every six people in the world willcease to suffer from hunger and can access not only a properdiet but also the means required to produce the food theyneed so that their long-term future is guaranteed.Faced with these challenges, we at Action Against Hungerwork year after year to improve our ef cacy, our presenceand our response to the problems besieging the most vulner-able people in the world. This effort would not be possiblewithout our partners and donors, whom I would like toexpress my personal gratitude for continuing to support usin dif cult times, as well as for their effort and generosityin thinking about the people who suffer the most. Becausewe are fully convinced that hunger has a solution, we keepworking to turn the new threats into opportunities to achievea world in which not a single person goes hungry.

Jos Luis LealChairman of the BoardAction Against Hunger

Jos Luis Leal: Chair-man

Emilio Aragn: ViceChairman

Crisanto Plaza: Board Member

Carmen Posadas:Board Member

Luis Escauriza: Board Member

Francisco Javier Ruiz Paredes: Secretary

Jorge Semprn: Hon-orary Chairman

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it deserves in the struggle against hunger, as our organisa-tion has been doing for years now. To accomplish this, onepriority is for the economic aid promised to become a reality

and to earmark it towards changing the situation of thosewho are suffering from the pandemic of malnutrition.

In 2009, the international Action Against Hunger networkmultiplied its presence in other international forums like theWorld Food Summit held in Rome in November, in an effortto promote the quest for these adapted responses and thiscrucial role of agriculture in the ght against hunger.

CLIMATE CHANgEClimate change is already having an impact on hunger andmalnutrition, and it is turning into one of the most seri-ous threats to human development. Droughts and irregularprecipitation are diminishing the precarious livelihoods of people in developing countries, affecting small farmers themost harshly. Thus, it is no exaggeration to say that climatechange will be the new face of hunger in the 21st century.

Climate change raises the likelihood of natural disastersand destabilises the livelihoods that sustain child nutrition,while it also has a direct impact on the structural causesof malnutrition, lowering households capacities, weaken -ing their resistance and perpetuating the vicious circle of poverty-malnutrition.

In addition to working on disaster prevention programmes,Action Against Hunger also works to foster the role thatsmall farmers can play in the poorest countries, endowingthem with a global responsibility. Nowadays, they are the

main victims, but they can become frontline combatants inthe efforts to mitigate climate change. In 2009, droughtsaffected such diverse regions as the Sahel and CentralAmerica, where our on-the-ground teams worked with thepopulation at risk of malnutrition and launched activities foragricultural development and cash-for-work programmes.

THE RIgHT TO wATER, A FuNdAMENTAL RIgHTIn recent years, a new approach to human rights revolvingaround access to water has gained momentum. Water is nolonger viewed as simply as basic need; rather it is seen as afundamental human right in itself.

Action Against Hunger took part in this process by attendingthe 5th World Water Forum held in Istanbul, with the goal ofensuring that the voices of the poorest peoples were heard andthat they were not excluded from the international debate anddecision-making on the right to access to water. Recognition ofthis right will place human beings at the core of this debate,and it will give governments, individuals and all the stakehold -ers involved new rights and obligations. It is vital for humandevelopment that there not remain a single person without ac -cess to water, which is so closely tied to health, education andthe right against hunger in developing countries.

EMERgENCIEsSince early 2009, our eld teams have been required torespond to all sorts of different emergencies all over theplanet.

After Israels military intervention in the Gaza Strip, whichseriously damaged the water supply and sanitation infra -structures in the zone after almost 200 days of bombard -

ments, we responded to the emergency needs by distribut -ing water to the people and fuel to the wells and pumpingstations, and by repairing the water and sanitation infra -structures.

In Africa, the Mandera region of Kenya had overall malnutri -tion rates of 30% 2, with 20,000 children suffering from se -vere acute malnutrition. In the Central African Republic, as -sessments on the nutritional status of residents of the city ofBerberati showed that 7% of the children 3 suffered from themost serious state of malnutrition. The lives of thousands ofchildren in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo were endangered by acute malnutrition.

The effects of climate change were clear in Mali, Sudan andBurkina Faso, where long periods of drought coupled withseasonal ooding led many families to exhaust their foodreserves, triggering alarming rates of acute malnutrition,in addition to major damage. The oods caused by tropi -cal storm Ketsana in the Philippines left almost two millionpeople with no access to water and sanitation services, orto basic foodstuffs. The island of Sumatra, in Indonesia,suffered from a severe earthquake which directly affected78,000 homes. And the spectre of hunger caused by a pro -longed drought once again hovered over Central America,harking back to the worst months of 2002.

We were present and offering assistance and responses tothe people af icted by these emergencies and crises thanksto the support of institutions like the Spanish DevelopmentCooperation Agency (AECID) and businesses like Caja Madrid.Yet more than anything, we are aware that our partnersefforts in this time of economic crisis are what have enabledus to deal with the situations in which the most vulnerablepeople on the planet, the ones with the least, the ones whobarely have the resources to adapt, are immersed.

Now more than ever, Action Against Hungers mandate is stillnecessary, and this encourages us to keep working to reverseand change the injustice, poverty and hunger suffered byone out of every six people in the world. These efforts wouldnot be possible without the backing of the institutions,companies and individuals that help us towards this goal.Thank you.

2 The nutritional alert index de ned by the World Health Organisation for global acute malnutrition is 15%.3 The nutritional alert index de ned by the World Health Organisation

for severe acute malnutrition is 2%.


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TRANspARENCy ANdgOOd gOvERNANCE:THE ORgANIsATIONsREspONsIBILITyEven though Action Against Hunger has numerous internaland external mechanisms aimed at ensuring transparency(external audits, internal auditor, Ethics Committee, Boardof Directors and monitoring committees, donor evaluations,participation in the Governing Board of the Spanish Develop -ment NGO Coordinating Agency), in 2009 the Ethics Commit -tee decided to apply for accredited certi cation in EthicalManagement Systems and Social Responsibility: the SGE-21certi cation offered by FORETICA.

The main value of FORETICAs SGE-21 certi cation lies in thefact that the veri cation is conducted by an external auditor

(in our case by SGS) based on the specialised norms of FO -RETICA, a foundation devoted to promoting Corporate SocialResponsibility whose members include leading companiesand institutions in Spain. The SGE-21 is one of the few normsin existence that certify the appropriateness of an ethicalmanagement system and acts as a complement to othersystems related to quality and organisational management(ISO 9000, EFQM, etc.).

The norm measures a wide range of internal and externalethical management mechanisms according to the traditionalparameters of quality such as the existence and coherenceof a code of conduct, internal monitoring and communica-tion mechanisms, human resource management, relationswith stakeholders (partners, donors, companies, public

administrations, universities, etc.), environmental consid -erations and others.

Today, Action Against Hunger is the only Spanish NGO tohave this certi cation, which accredits the fact that it hasa management system that ful ls the highest internationalstandards in Corporate Social Responsibility. This is the truemeaning of organisations Corporate Social Responsibility: tovoluntarily respond in our deeds and exceed or improve onthe laws in place.

REsEARCH + INNOvATION = EFFICACyThe Technical Department, made up of experts in health,

nutrition, agriculture, economics and different elds ofengineering, both at headquarters and on the ground, havelaunched new pilot projects and avenues of research:

It has promoted projects aimed at increasing the agricul -tural production capacity of small farmers by facilitatingtheir access to low-cost technology, like the rope andpedal pump, which allows watering strategies to be imple -mented on a small scale.

Light structures have been developed to rehabilitate wa -ter wells. These new low-cost devices lighten the logisticalburden and shorten the time needed to construct and/orrehabilitate wells. This research has been performed inconjunction with the Universidad Pblica de Navarra.

Efforts have been made to draw up new eld manuals,such as the guides to Income-Generating Activities andMonetary Transfer Strategies. New positioning documentshave also been launched related to Food and NutritionalSecurity.

Action Against Hunger has shared these and other experi-ences at international forums such as the High-Level Meetingon World Food Security for All held in Madrid in January 2009(whoose nal declaration included child nutrition action as apriority strand due to its ef cacy and capacity to detect situ -ations of famine which require urgent action), the 5th WorldWater Forum (Istanbul, Turkey, March 2009), which promotedthe Right to Water, and the 9th International Congress of Nu -trition (Bangkok, Thailand, October 2009), whose main focuswas on nutritional security.


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Africa is the second largest continent and has the secondhighest population in the world, with more than one billioninhabitants in 54 countries spanning from the temperate

zones in the northern hemisphere to the temperate zones inthe southern hemisphere.

Prolonged droughts and serious ooding have led to a drop inthe amount of grain produced in 2009, exposing many peopleto the danger of food shortages, especially as they waited forthe next harvest in October. This situation took place alonga broad swath of the continent, from Niger to Ethiopia, andincluding Mali and Chad.

Therefore, the food security situation in Africa continues toworsen as a result of poor harvests, the rise in food prices andcon icts. Greater investments are needed in rural areas witha sound potential for agricultural production.

The rise in food prices exerts heavy pressure on African

economies and threatens progress in the ght against hungerand malnutrition: severe nutrition is still an emergency in theSahel, one of the poorest regions in the world.

Even though tangible progress has been made worldwide toachieve the MDGs, Africa as a whole is behind on all of themdespite the recent growth in its economic indicators and theeconomic outlays and major efforts to improve the macro-economy.

FinancerACCD, Action Against Hunger, UNHCR, AECID, Agencia delAgua, Rhin Museum, AJWS, Alcobendas Town Hall, MadridTown Hall, Paris Town Hall, Boomerang TV, RegionalGovernment of Castilla-La Mancha, Caja Madrid, CIAA,Clinton Foundation, Canadian aid organisations, RegionalGovernment of Galicia, English aid organisations, Swiss aidorganisations, International Red Cross, French Embassy,EuropeAid, ECHO, FAO, Euronaid Foundation, RegionalGovernment of Valencia, Government of Navarra, La Caixa,MC - Mutual, Caja Navarra Foundation, MAEE, OCHA, OFDA,UN, WFP, PEPFAR, UNDP, Soln de Cabras, USB, EuropeanUnion, UNICEF, USAID.

Ivory Coast: The organisations priorities focus on improvingaccess to drinking water and sanitation and conducting

programmes to treat acutemalnutrition. ACF- France

Guinea Conakry: Due to the crisis in food prices,there has been a rise in vulnerability withhigher malnutrition rates in zones that havebeen particularly harshly affected. ACF-Spain

Liberia: After the response to theemergency caused by the con ictin 1991, the programmes are

focusing on long-term responses to provide the population with basicservices. Veronique Burger-Phanie/ACF-France

Mali: In a context of recurring crises, thecountry has colossal needs which have beenaggravated by a lack of rain. ACF-Spain

Mauritania: In a country with a high rate of

chronic malnutrition, good hygiene practicesare crucial, with women to advocate on behalf of these practices. Angela Millan/ACF-Spain

Central African Republic:Last August, a nutritionalevaluation conducted in thecity of Berberati revealed that 7% of the populationsuffers from severe acutemalnutrition. ACF-Spain

Sierra Leone: The nancial crisis has had a seriousimpact, so the organisation has reinforced itssupport for institutions to detect and more ef-

fectively treat malnutrition. ACF-France

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Angola: Therural popula-tion in Angolabarely has theminimal water and sanitationservices. Ana Buelta/ACF-Spain

Burkina Faso: The pre-cipitations that lashed the capital in Septem-ber led to ooding in50% of the city and more than 150,000 people affected. ACF-France

Chad: In 2009, the vulner-ability of Chads popula-tion worsened because of the recurrence of droughtsand political instability,which contribute to aggra-vating the food crisis. ACF-France

Ethiopia: With more than200,000 bene ciaries, food insecurity and the lack of social and economic resourcesare worsening the vulnerability of rural households. ACF-France

Kenya: The organisa-tion keeps expanding the geographic coverage of itsnutrition programmes and continues to develop accessto water, tending to almost200,000 people. ACF-USA

Lesotho: With 50% of the population livingbeneath the poverty threshold and the third highest HIV/AIDS ratein the world, the or-

ganisations teams arevisiting the affected

families. Gwynet Wong/ACF-Spain

Malawi: In a country where 14% of the population is affected by HIV/AIDS, its incidence remainsa fundamental ocus of our

efforts. Susana Vera/ACF-Spain

Niger: The isolation of some zones might increasethe situation of food insecurity among the rural

population, which is al-ready quite precarious dueto the lack of rain. ACF-Spain

Democratic Republic of the CongoThe organisation is present in sevenof the eleven provinces with nutrition

programmes, since malnutrition, thelack of access to basic services and

food insecurity are the norm. Cathy Skoula/ACF-USA

Somalia: The climateconditions in the country largely hinder food

security and access towater among the mostvulnerable populations. Cyrille Pothin//ACF-USA

Swaziland: Chronic malnutrition affects oneout of every three children under the age of

ve due to the high rates of food insecurity,the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and poor nutritional habits. Mara Prez Negro/ACF-Spain

Sudan: Though forced by the Sudanese government toleave the country, the water,sanitation and hygiene,nutrition and food security

programmes bene tted morethan 450,000 people. Mamie Sackey/ACF-France

Uganda: The organisations teams are workingto train communities in food hygiene and sani-tation practices in order to create a cleaner and healthier environment. ACF-France

Zambia: In a country af icted by HIV/ AIDS, poverty and hunger, childcareis crucially important to ensure thatchildrens futures are not jeopardised. David Gillanders/ACF-UK

Zimbabwe: With the country besieged by a sweepingcholera epidemic, we are working to mitigate theeffects of the humanitarian crises as we work todevelop effective subsistence mechanisms.

Alex Le Cluziat/ACF-France


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Latin America used to be the only one of the ve majorregions in the world that was making progress in eradicat -ing hunger, with the number of people without access to

food dropping from 53 to 45 million between 1990 and 2005.However, last year it once again witnessed an upswing inthe number of hungry people, soaring back up to 53 millionin 2009. The economic crisis that began in December 2007,cancelled out the advances made between 1995 and 2006:10% of the 516 million Latin Americans are living in extremepoverty and suffering the after-effects of hunger. The worldeconomic crisis and the unbridled rise in food prices in theregion have cancelled out the advances made in this eld inthe past 20 years. Coupled with natural disasters, droughtsand oods, poor harvests and inequalities in CentralAmerica, South America and the Caribbean, the food crisishas only become more acute in the past two years.

This is a contradiction, because the region has the resources,

land, water, energy and other elements needed to sustainan extensive, suf cient production, yet it nonetheless haszones with chronic food shortages. The problem of hungerin Latin America is not a problem of food production, rathera problem of access to food, because as a whole the regionproduces more food than it needs.

In countries like Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras,Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru, the poorest people spendmore than 60% of their incomes on food, which creates adependence on imports and international aid to feed thesecountries populations.

Action Against Hunger is working to put an end to the hungerthat is closing in on more than 200 million poor Latin Ameri -cans and Caribbeans, who are vulnerable to any worsening inthe economic context or new natural disasters. Meanwhile,today only ve countries have food safety laws.

FinancerACCD, AECID, Agencia de Agua, Pamplona Town Hall, CajaMadrid, Canal de Isabel II, Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha, Community of Madrid, Regional Council ofBretagne, Canadian aid organisations, COSUDE, DIPECHO,ECHO, EuropeAid, Regional Government of Valencia,Government of Navarra, MAAIONG, OCHA, WFP, UNDP, EU,UNICEF, Ville de Paris.

Colombia: Our actions focus on care for displaced families, who are facing serious social problems and food insecurity. Sergio Crudelli/ACF-Spain

Nicaragua: The distribution of seeds and tools is fundamental for ensuring the food security of the rural communities affected by the prolonged drought.

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Guatemala: In December 2009, the organisation detected the rstcases of malnutrition since 2005 in the Corredor Seco area due to the

prolonged drought that was affecting the zone. Jorge Salamanca/ACF-Spain

Haiti: The work-for-pay programmes make it possible for people to earn income while working for the community and strengthening their means of subsistence. Christian Boisseaux/ACF-France

Ecuador: Headquartered in Lake Agrio in the prov-ince of Sucumbos, we areworking within the frame-work of the Conventionto Strengthen IndigenousWomens Organisations.

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Paraguay: Our interventions are focused on the food sovereignty of the vulnerable rural popula-tions through community organisation, the em-

powerment of peasant women and institutionalstrengthening, along with the sustainable, diver-si ed increase in production, self-consumptionand commercialisation of nutritional agricultural

products. Jorge Salamanca/ACF-Spain

Peru: The organisations main focus in Peru includes efforts to counter chronic malnutrition in children with an intervention programme based on

prevention through nutritional supplementation at home. ACF-Spain

Bolivia: Access to water is fundamental for therural communities affected by the recurring oodsin the department of Santa Cruz. ACF-Spain


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In Asia, the largest and most populous continent on theearth, the current economic crisis has turned into a food cri-sis in view of the rise in unemployment, the drop in incomes,

the high food prices and the threat posed by droughts,torrential rains and other effects of climate change on foodsecurity. Of the more than one billion people suffering fromhunger in the world, more than 600 of them live in Asia,the worst situation in this part of the world in the past 40years. Likewise, the Asia-Paci c region is also the home tothe largest number of people suffering from food insecurity,including more than 64% of the malnourished children andadults in the world.

In countries like Nepal, the number of people who did notmeet their nutritional needs in 2009 rose by 50%, from sixto nine million in just six months. In Pakistan, this rate shotup from 37.5 million three years ago to 84 million. And inBangladesh, it rose by 13%, which translates into 65.3 million

hungry people. Among the poor in both cities and the coun -try, children and women are the hardest hit.

Natural disasters like the earthquake in Indonesia in Octoberand typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines in September havebeen compounded by the already high vulnerability of coun -tries like Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Nepal to the effects ofclimate change, which reveals the importance of developingprogrammes to lower the risk of disasters in order to reducethe number of victims and damage.

Action Against Hunger is working in this region with the focuson disaster prevention, food security, nutrition and waterand sanitation in order to tackle the problem of hunger andmalnutrition.

Financer :ACCD, Action Against Hunger, UNHCR, AECID, French WaterAgency, AQYA, Pamplona Town Hall, Paris Town Hall, WorldBank, BRPM, Cartier, Canadian aid organisations, Danishaid organisations, French aid organisations, English aidorganisations, Norwegian aid organisations, Swiss aidorganisations, COSUDE, DIPECHO, ECHO, EuropeAid, Dutchembassy, Regional Government of Valencia, HERF, OCHA, UN,PACAP WFP, EU, UNICEF

Lebanon: During 2009, the food security activities focused on the distributionof resources, improvementsin agricultural production,income-generating activi-ties and improvements in themanagement of and access towater resources. ACF-Spain

Pakistan: In acontext of constantcrisis where theorganisation isworking on food security and water and sanitation,children under the age of ve areexposed to malnu-

trition. Anna Bosch/ACF-USA

Syria: The organisation isworking to improve thenutritional status of the mostvulnerable displaced Iraqis

(children and women) by promoting childcare practicesand the addition of preventa-tive nutrition services at thehealthcare centres. ACF-Spain

Palestinian Territories: Action AgainstHunger is working to improve coverageof the basic needs of the most vulner-able families through emergency re-sponse and strengthening programmes,better access to and management of water and better use of the agricul-tural resources. ACF-Spain


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Afghanistan: The con ict has intensi - ed since the fall of the Taliban, and recurring oods and severe winters areweakening the economic situation inthe country, increasing the vulnerabil-ity of the poorest households. Sylvain Trottier/ACF-France

Bangladesh: Malnutrition and food insecurity are stillimportant problems in Bangladesh, one of the mostdensely populated and poorest countries in the world. Florence Daunis/ACF-France

Philippines: After tropicalstorm Ketsana, the organisa-tion conducted an emergency intervention to tend to theaffected population. ACF-Spain

Indonesia: Food security, malnutrition and access to water and sanitation are still major problems: 28% of children under the age of veare malnourished and more than 100 million

people lack access to appropriate sanitationservices. ACF-France

Laos: The high mortality rate among childrenunder the age of ve, limited access towater and high levels of malnutrition are aheavy burden on the rural population. Sylvain Trottier/ACF-France

Mongolia: Action Against Hunger is working on programmes involving access to water, hygiene and sanita-tion to improve the health conditions in the suburbandistricts of Ulan Bator. Franck Hourdeau/ACF-France

Myanmar: The country ismainly facing three problems:the climate catastrophes thatare weakening the coastal

population, the political and ethnic tensions which still

exist in the east and thesituation of the Rohingyaminority, who have beenaffected by malnutrition and

food insecurity. ACF-France

Nepal: The majority of people living in remote areas have noaccess to food, drinking water and appropriate healthcareinfrastructures, and far from diminishing, child malnutrition is

getting even worse in some areas. Stephane Remael/ACF-France


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Ever since they gained independence, the socioeconomicindicators in the three Caucasian republics have graduallyeroded. The dif culties the people have been facing since

the collapse of the Soviet Union (change in the economicsystem, onset of democracy, territorial con icts, displace -ment and poverty, etc.) are coupled with new social mobili -sations which are heightening the political instability. Eventhough there is currently a cease re, the territorial con ictshave not yet been resolved, thus rendering the socio-politi -cal context fragile and complex.

There are more than 250,000 displaced persons in Georgia,650,000 in Azerbaijan and 300,000 refugees in Armenia. Highpoverty rates (higher than 50% in the region as a whole),unemployment and the new governments inability to handlethe situation are leading to widespread mistrust in all threecountries.

Georgia has experienced moments of serious internal crisis(Abkhazia). The tensions in Kvemo Kartli re ect a new pe -riod of instability regarding the countrys territorial integrity(Abkhazia, South Ossetia). The mission remains alert to pos -sible outbreaks of instability that might hinder direct accessto the bene ciaries or to the intervention zones.

The year 2009 was characterised by strong declarations ofindependence by the de facto Republic of Abkhazia, with fullsupport from Russia, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Yet on theother hand, there have been vast improvements in diplomat-ic relations between Armenia and Turkey, which has agreedto open up its borders for economic exchanges.

The overall goal of Action Against Hunger in the Caucasus re -gion is to support access to basic rights (food security, water

and sanitation) for the most vulnerable population affectedby poverty, human con icts and natural disasters. Pioneeringways of working on social and community mobilisation arebeing successfully introduced and are turning the organisa -tion into a benchmark in the region.

FinancerAction Against Hunger, UNHCR, Norwegian aid organisations,COSUDE, ECHO, UN, EU, UNICEF

Russian Federation: After the con ict since 1994, the humanitarian situ -ation seems to be improving in some areas, although not in the remotestregions, so the organisation is working through a local NGO founded inearly 2009 and made up of former Action Against Hunger workers. ACF-France

Georgia: Since the 2008 con ict, our programme has been targeted at improving the economic security of poor rural households throughinstitutional reform and sustainable development approaches. ACF-Spain

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Armenia: Worth highlighting isthe introduction of the market

for the poor approach, whichworks on inserting the popula-tion with the least resources intothe commercial markets, such asdairy products. Maria Perez Negro/ACF-Spain

Azerbaijan: Some

regions in the country already have access toquality water, so we areworking on improvingsustainable access towater and sanitation for the poor rural popula-tions through better management. ACF-Spain


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ACTIvITIEs IN spAINNO HuNgER CAMpAIgNThrough this initiative, several

public relations campaigns havebeen conducted (billboards,trailers screened at cinemas,signatures gathering on post-cards, etc.) aimed at gatheringmore than 73,000 signatures forhighlighting the fact that we canput an end to malnutrition andthat governments and institu-tions have both the duty andresources to do this.

COw pARAdE AuCTIONThis entailed participation in

an internationally renownedevent that travelled throughmore than 50 cities in tenyears, partly through thenational postal systems spon -sorship of the No HungerCow and its subsequent auc -tion, which earned 19,000for Action Against Hungersprojects.

sOLIdARITy CLIMBThe third edition of theSolidarity Climb was heldin the Pyrenees. More than100 mountaineers betweenthe ages of 7 and 72 climbedAtxerito, a peak 2378 metreshigh, to pay homage to theNavarran mountaineer IakiOchoa de Olza and to the1.02 billion people in theworld suffering from hunger.

sOLIdARITyCONCERTThe 4 th editionof the SolidarityConcert of Alsasuawas held. Morethan 600 people at -tended the concertorganised by theTrasteando TaldeaGroup in conjunc -tion with ActionAgainst Hunger.

HuNgER MARKETEXHIBITIONThis is an interactive,modern audiovisualxhibition focusing

on child malnutrition.After it opened inMadrid, it travelledhrough more than tenities.

RACE AgAINsTHuNgERThe 9 th edition of theRace Against Hungerin Pamplona andSangesa was held.The awareness ofmore than 1,800 chil -dren from ten schoolswas raised, and 550children participated.

sOLIdARITy BIKETOuRThe 1 st edition of he Solidarity Bike

Tour was held inPamplona. Threehundred people

articipated in thisharitable bicycleour with the goalf calling atten-ion to the serious

roblem of hungern the world.

sOLIdARITy CONCERTIn August, the Pinar delGrao amphitheatre inCastelln hosted the fourthedition of the SolidarityConcert. The afternoonbegan with activities forchildren, and several bandsplayed their best musicfor a good cause until pastmidnight.


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2009 IN IMAgEsBENICAsIMINTERNATIONAL FEsTIvAL

Yet another year, ActionAgainst Hunger was presentat the Benicassim Interna -tional Festival (FIB), where itprovided information aboutthe struggle against hungerand purveyed merchandisingfor everyone who wanted tocontribute.

FROM NIgER TONICARAguA: TwOFACEs OF HuNgERFernando Bellas and AlfonsoCosta, members of CulturaSolidaria Galega, sharedwith Galician society theirsensibility in portraying therealities of two of the mostdisadvantaged societies onthe planet.

CINE-FORuMIN sONsECAIn conjunction with theLa Cartelera cine-forumin Sonseca and thetowns social services,the Teatro Cervanteshosted a debate on theproblem of clandestineimmigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa.

sOLIdARITy MARKETOrganised by the associationof Pakistani women, Al-Nisade Sonseca, in conjunctionwith Peamiel School andthe towns social services,crafts made by the womenin the association were dis -played and sold to teachersand students at the school.

EvERy sTEpCOuNTsPainting, photogra-phy, illustrations,poetry, literature,music, humour,sculpture, crafts...more than 80 artiststook a step in the

ght to eradicatechild malnutrition.

MAMA HuNgERThe Mama Hungerexhibition which touredaround Galicia is a showof the daily relationshipwith hunger of thousandsof women in Africa. Theywere all captured by thecamera of Marina Espriu,an aid worker with ActionAgainst Hunger in Angola.

NO HuNgERCONCERTThe band Klaudia or -ganised a charitableNo Hunger Concertalong with Love ofLesbian in Barcelona.


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ASSETS Financial Year2009 LIABILITIESFinancial Year

2009

NON-CURRENT ASSETS 1,540,688 NET ASSETS 1,710,167

Intangible Assets 11,007 Own Resources 1,710,167

Tangible Assets 100,829 Endowment Fund 6,010

Long-term Financial Investments 13,041 Voluntary Intervention Reserves 1,925,063

Users and Other Long-term Debtors 1,415,811 Negative Surplus for the Financial Year (220,906)

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 4,292,457

Long-term Allowances 1,088,141

Long-term Debts 185

Long-term Creditors 3,284,131

CURRENT ASSETS 37,047,444

Inventory 156,568 CURRENT LIABILITIES 32,585,508

Debtors of Non-pro t Activities andOther Accounts Payable 19,312,148 Short-term Debts 2,993,787

Users and Other Debtors of Non-pro tActivities 18,133,597 Creditor Bene ciaries 24,933,842

Associated Foundation Debtors 734,429 Commercial Creditors and OtherAccounts Payable 4,567,879

Debtors at Headquarters 4,806 Associated Foundation Creditors 2,295,017

Debtors at Missions 416,787 Creditors at Headquarters 361,965

Staff 20,181 Creditors at Missions 1,785,149

Public Administrations 2,348 Staff 3,019

Cash and Other Equivalent LiquidAssets 17,578,728 Public Administrations 212,729

TOTAL ASSETS 38,588,132 TOTAL LIABILITIES 38,588,132

BALANCE sHEET ON THE 31sT OF dECEMBER 2009(Amount in euros)

BALANCE sHEET


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Lesotho 63,037

Malawi 145,302

Nicaragua 295,154

Syria 302,476

Swaziland 305,568

Paraguay 382,560

Peru 547,474

Bolivia 594,607

Spain 766,797

Guinea 897,635

Mauritania 916,607Angola 951,748

Guatemala 1,194,653

Lebanon 1,312,562

Niger 1,367,834

Colombia 2,283,931

Philippines 2,326,165

Georgia 2,664,457

Mali 2,742,314

Palestinian Territory 6,838,746

di i ion o n b ector o inter ention u e o the n 2009

Benefciarie b ector o inter ention vOLuME pER MIssION 2009(in euros)

TOTAL: 4.633.947

Nutritionand health

13%

Foodsecurity

41%

Waterand sanitation

29%

Health

2.53%

Foodsecurity

55.66%DRR

5.49%

Nutrition

12.27%

Water andsanitation

23.97%

Communicationand fundraising

4%

Administrative services

5% Reserves1%

Technical supportfor on-the-ground projects

90%

Disasterreduction

17%

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COMpANIEs:Afersa Gestin, S.A.AltranAsesora I+D+I+Attitude asesoresBanco Santander

BanestoBank of AmericaBBVABridgestoneCaravanas Cruz SLCLHClimapiscinaConentoChus BursDiageo EspaaDKV SegurosECI - El Corte InglesFordFundacin DeporteJovenFundacin FelipeRinaldiFundacion SantanderGeciGrupo CadorIngersollKutxaLiberty SegurosMaderas Laureos S.L.Madrid ACCOrangePlantation Foods R.Plastimoda SAPrebesec SAReciclados TuccitanosS.L.SanitasSonpuraSyg S.A.Telefnica

Tic tac drinksTourline expressVia directa marketingVodafone

NAvARRA:COMPANIES:Aguas de BelascoainBaglinoxCaja LaboralDiario de NavarraDiario de NoticiasEl Corte InglsEroskiFundacin Caja NavarraGrupo NorteHelvetiaHorno ArtesanoIGORsLa FranziskaMundo MuebleOgipanOrtega y AzagraAsociadosPuente Solidario con elSharaTodomsicaCOLLABORATORS:Radio Pamplona CadenaSER40 PrincipalesINSTITUTIONS:Ayuntamiento dePamplonaAyuntamiento deSangesaCruz RojaGobierno de NavarraMancomunidad de laComarca de PamplonaTrasteando Taldea

Universidad de NavarraUniversidad Pblica deNavarra

vALENCIA:COMPANIES:Hotel Voramar deBenicasimAdif ServyecoSUC estudioFIBINSTITUTIONS:Fundacin DvalosFletcherUniversitat Jaume I deCastellnExcmo. Ayto deCastellnExcma. DiputacinProvincial de Castelln

CAsTILLALA MANCHA:INSTITUTIONS:Servicios Socialesdel Ayuntamiento deSonseca (Toledo)Servicio Sociales delAyuntamiento deHerencia (Ciudad Real)Patronato de Deportesdel Ayuntamiento deToledoConcejala deSolidaridad yCooperacin delAyuntamiento de ToledoColegio Peamiel deSonseca (Toledo)Asociacin Vecinal ElTajo (Toledo)Caf Garcilaso de

ToledoVideo-forum LaCartelera de Sonseca(Toledo)Centro de Mayores deSan Antn (Toledo)ASSOCIATIONS:Asociacin de mujeresAl-Nisa de SonsecaAsociacin juvenilJORA de Argamasilla deCalatrava (Ciudad Real)

gALICIA:INSTITUTIONS:Xunta de Galicia:Cooperacin Galega.(eliminar PolticaLingstica)Universidad de Santiagode Compostela:Vicerreitorada ComunidadeUniversitaria eCompromiso Social.(elimina O cina deVoluntariado de la Unic.Santiago)Universidad de Santiagode Compostela:Consello Social.Coordinadora Galega deONGDs.Sociedade para oDesenvolvementoComarcal de GaliciaFundacin GonzaloTorrente BallesterGalera Sargadelos ACorua

Galera SargadelosFerrolLiceo de Noia

Liceo de OurenseBiblioteca PblicaNodal LugoConcello de BrinMuseo de artecontemporneo UninFenosa (MACUF)Concello de CulleredoARGA Asociacin galegade artistas plsticosAGA Asociacin galegade artesns

CATALuA:INSTITUTIONS:Agncia Catalanade Cooperaci alDesenvolupamentKlaudiaAyuntamientoBarcelonaAyuntamiento TerrassaBarcelonaTVFederaci CatalanadONGDsInstitut BarcelonadEstudis InternacionalsUniversitat Autnomade BarcelonaFundaci La CaixaTelevisi de CatalunyaUniversitat deBarcelonaVoluntarios yestudiantes enprcticasVoluntaris TerrassaKutxa Obra SocialTransports

Metropolitans deBarcelonaTrabajadores de MCMutual

..and to all the institutions, organisations and volunteers that have somehow joined us in the ght against hunger.

OuR THANKs TO


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ACCD: Catalan Development Cooperation Agency

UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

AECID: Spanish International Development CooperationAgency

AJWS: American Jewish World Service

CIAA: Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries ofthe European Union

DIPECHO: European Commission Humanitarian AidDepartments Disaster Preparedness Programme

ECHO: European Commission Humanitarian AidDepartment

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation

HERF: Human Ecology Research Foundation

MAAIONG: Mission dAppui lAction Internationale des ONG

MAEE: Ministre des Affaires trangres et europennes

OCHA: Of ce for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

OFDA: Of ce of U.S. Foreign Disaster AssistanceUN: United Nations

PACAP: Philippines-Australia Community AssistanceProgram

WFP: World Food Programme

PEPFAR: US Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

UNDP: United Nations Development Programme

USB: Union of Swiss Banks

UNICEF: United Nations Childrens Fund

USAID: United States Aid for International Development

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ACTION AgAINsT HuNgER uKFirst Floor, rear premises,161-163 Greenwich High Road,London, SE10 8JATel: +44 0208 293 [email protected]

ACTION AgAINsT HuNgER usA247 West 37 th StreetSuite 1201New York, NY 10018Tel: +1 212 967 78 00Fax: +1 212 967 54 [email protected]

ACTION AgAINsT HuNgERFRANCE(ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM)4 rue Niepce75014 ParisTel: +33 1 43 35 88 88

Fax: +33 1 43 35 88 [email protected]

ACTION AgAINsT HuNgERCANAdA(ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM CANAdA)1150, boulevard St-Joseph estBureau 202Montral, QCH2J 1L5Tel: +1 514 279 4876Fax: +1 514 279 [email protected]

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ACF-s ain Re ional O fce orCatal aC/ Pelai, 44-5, pta. 308001 BarcelonaTel.: 93 254 03 81Fax: 93 304 32 [email protected]

ACF-s ain Re ional O fce orNa arraPlaza del Castillo, 28-5 B31001 PamplonaTel.: 948 21 07 [email protected]

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