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Action Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organisation committed to ending child malnutrition. The fight against this condition is one that we can win: malnutrition is both treatable and preventable and efforts are underway, on an international level, to end child hunger in our generation.

With 30 years of expertise in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster and chronic food insecurity, Action Against Hunger runs life-saving programmes in more than 45 countries, including Syria, South Sudan, Iraq and the Central African Republic. Last year alone, we supported more than nine million people.聽

Listen to Mel鈥檚 appeal for Action Against Hunger to find out why toddler Peter and his mum Mary are smiling again in West Pokot, Kenya.

Peter and Mary Image copyright by: S Hauenstein Swan for Action Against Hunger

Many people fleeing conflict walk for days seeking safety, without access to food or clean water. Often, they arrive at camps severely malnourished. Since conflict erupted in South Sudan in December 2013, more than 1.4 million people have been displaced and more than 400,000, many of them women and children, have fled to neighbouring countries, such as Ethiopia, in search of safety. In these emergency situations, our teams provide life-saving therapeutic treatment, as well as psychological support, and food, water, sanitation and hygiene assistance, in a bid to reduce suffering and save lives.

Leitchor refugee camp in Ethiopia: Image Copyright Agnes Varraine-Leca for Action Against Hunger

In the Sahel, widespread poverty, food insecurity and conflict has led to alarming childhood malnutrition rates in some areas. Bintu Niare, 2, from Balako, Mali, weighed just five kilos when her mother brought her to an Action Against Hunger-supported health centre. We administered life-saving treatment and gave Bintu鈥檚 mum vital nutritional advice to help ensure her children grow up healthy. Meanwhile, our food security, water and sanitation programmes, along with ongoing support to public health systems, attempt to address some of the root causes of this hunger.

Bintu Niare in Mali: Image Copyright by Alicia Garcia for Action Against Hunger

When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines almost a year ago, 19-year-old Roselyn Omeres (pictured, centre), her 11 siblings, and ill mother, survived, but their home, land and livelihood means were destroyed. With their home now rebuilt, Roselyn is using an Action Against Hunger monthly cash grant to fulfil her dream of opening a small shop. Such cash-based interventions form part of our long-term strategy to help disaster-affected communities become self-sufficient again.

Roselyn Omeres in the Philippines: Image Copyright D. Burgui for Action Against Hunger