Ms Aïcha Koraïchi elected President of Action Against Hunger International

As the first woman to be elected to head this network, Aïcha Koraïchi succeeds Ashwini Kakkar. Her role will be to lead the International Committee of Presidents, which ensures compliance with the movement’s principles and validates its international strategies.

Aïcha Koraïchi’s commitment to Action Against Hunger and her dedication to solidarity are well established. Aïcha Koraïchi has served as Treasurer (2019-2022), then Vice-Chair (2022-2023) and finally Chair (2023-2025) of our organisation. With more than fifteen years of humanitarian experience, Aïcha specialises in relations with institutional donors and, more specifically, issues related to compliance, accountability to affected populations and protection against sexual exploitation and abuse.

A graduate of Sciences Po Paris, she began her career at the National Assembly as a parliamentary assistant before working in an organisational consulting firm where she supported public actors on health and social protection issues.

She then joined Action Against Hunger, where she was head of the audit, compliance and risk management department.

She then worked for British NGOs, holding positions in donor relations and accountability to affected populations, always straddling the field and headquarters. She now works as a consultant and trainer for various NGOs and is a lecturer at Sciences Po Paris.

“All my experiences have cemented my commitment to solidarity and the public interest. I am delighted by the trust placed in me by this election at a time when the humanitarian sector is faltering and there is an urgent need to rethink our model. The drastic cuts in humanitarian aid budgets in 2025 are certainly destabilising, but they do not make us lose sight of our core mandate or call into question our requirements as a field actor and recognised expert. Today, more than ever, it is solidarity and cooperation within our network and more broadly within our sector that will enable us to continue fighting for the 673 million people who still suffer from hunger today. Hunger is political; realising the right to food remains our struggle alongside and on behalf of all the communities we support in the 57 countries where we operate,” says Aïcha Koraïchi.

Founded in 1979, Action Against Hunger now operates in 57 countries around the world and helps more than 21 million people each year by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection and treatment of undernutrition, particularly during and after emergencies related to conflicts and natural disasters.