Action Contre la Faim is a non-governmental organization that has been fighting hunger in the world for nearly 40 years.
Action Contre la Faim
Nearly 800 million people are suffering from hunger around the world. We lead the fight to make it stop.
Created in 1979, our Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) – Action Against Hunger – is fighting against hunger in the world. Its mission is to save lives eradicating hunger through the prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition, in particular during and after emergency situations caused by conflicts and natural disasters.
Today, Action Against Hunger is a major player in the fight against hunger in the world. Structured on an international network, our organization provides a coordinated response in nearly 50 countries. Our priority is to have effective actions in the fields and testify about vulnerable population
Since the reasons for hunger are many, our response is multi-sectoral based on solid expertise.
Action Against Hunger acts according to its own principles in order to maintain its moral and financial independence. Action Against Hunger's actions are not defined in terms of domestic or foreign policies, nor does the organisation act in the interest of any government.
Neutrality
Action Against Hunger maintains a strict political and religious neutrality. Action Against Hunger can however denounce human rights violations it witnesses as well as obstacles put in the way of its humanitarian activities.
Transparency
Action Against Hunger is committed to respecting a policy of transparency and disclosure for its beneficiaries, donors, and partners by making available all information on the allocation and management of its funds, and by providing independent verification of its good management.
Free and direct access to people in need
Action Against Hunger demands free access to populations in need and direct control of its programmes. Action Against Hunger uses all means available to achieve this goal, and will denounce and act against obstacles that prevent the organisation from doing so. Action Against Hunger also verifies the allocation of its resources in order to ensure that they reach those individuals for whom they are destined. Under no circumstances can partners working together with or alongside Action Against Hunger become the ultimate beneficiaries of the organisation’s programmes.
Non-descrimination
Action Against Hunger rejects all discrimination based on ethnicity, nationality, opinion, race, religion, sex or social class.
Professionalism
To maximise its efficiency and use of resources, Action Against Hunger bases the assessment, conception, management, and realisation of its programmes on the highest professional standards and years of experience.
About our Charter
Charter of principles
Private, apolitical, non-denominational, not-for-profit, it was created in France to operate worldwide. Its vocation is to save lives by fighting hunger, physiological misery and distress situations that threaten the lives of defenceless men, women and children.
HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAVE MARKED OUR ASSOCIATION:
In the event of a serious crisis, natural or man-made, threatening food security or causing famine.
In the event of a breakdown of the social fabric, linked to internal or external reasons, placing certain popula*ons in a situation of extreme vulnerability.
Where humanitarian assistance is a matter of survival.
The association’s action then takes place either during the crisis itself or afterwards. It can also intervene in risk prevention. All ACF’s programmes aim to enable their beneficiaries to regain their autonomy and means of living as quickly as possible without relying on assistance.
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History
The milestones of our fight
Created in the context of the Afghan crisis in 1979, Action contre la Faim is part of the second generation of NGOs, the "French Doctors", French doctors who in 1968, at the time of the Biafra war, rebelled against the silence of humanitarian aid workers, bound by secrecy and yet witnesses to the worst horrors. Wishing to force this silence by denouncing injustice, these NGOs added testimony to the action.
Emergency Mission to Thailand for Cambodian Refugees
1985
Emergency Mission in Ethiopia to cope with the famine
1990
Assistance to the Kurdish people in exodus during the Gulf War
1992
Mission opens in Bosnia to provide medical and nutritional assistance to displaced persons
1994
AICF is recognized as a Public Utility by the Ministry of Interior. Genocide in Rwanda: Nutritional aid to refugees.
1995
Opening of Chechnya mission during the 1st Russian-Chechen War
1996
AICF becomes Action against Hunger
1999
Emergency distribution in Kosovo
2000
Action against Hunger withdraws from North Korea and denounces aid manipulation
2003
Opening of the mission in Iraq
2005
ACF already present on the spot responds to emergency after the Tsunami in Indonesia and Sri Lanka
2006
Execution of 17 Action Against Hunger humanitarian aid workers by the military in Sri Lanka. To protest against the crime’s impunity, Action Against Hunger leaves the country.
2008
“Food riots” in many developing countries around the world, as a result of a sharp rise in food prices
2011
Beginning of the Syrian conflict in the context of the Arab Spring
2012
Start of the mission in Yemen
2015
Emergency assistance for 180,000 people after earthquake in Nepal
2017
Threat of famine in 4 countries: in Yemen, Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia. New brand identity for Action Against Hunger
Governance
Leading the fight against hunger
Thomas Ribemont
Chairman
Thomas Ribémont is a graduate of the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies and holds a doctorate from the Université Paris 9 Dauphine. He is a lecturer in political science at the Université Paris 13 Sorbonne Paris Cité.
Thomas Ribémont is a graduate of the Institut d' Etudes Politiques de Grenoble and a doctorate from the Université Paris 9 Dauphine. He is a lecturer in political science at the Université Paris 13 Sorbonne Paris Cité where he directs the Master 2 "International Cooperation and NGOs". Researcher at CERAL at the same university, he is also an associate researcher at ICEE (Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle) and CEPEL (Université de Montpellier 1). He also teaches at Sciences Po. and at the University of Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle. A director during his second term of office, he was Chairman of the Ethics Committee of Action contre la Faim and was a member of its Audit Committee.
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Pierre Micheletti
Vice-Chairman
A doctor with a national diploma in public health, he began his first experiences abroad in 1985.
A doctor with a national diploma in public health, he began his first experiences abroad in 1985. In 1987, he joined Médecins du Monde as Head of Mission in Guatemala. He became Director of Programs in 1996 and was elected President in 2006 until 2009. Since 2009 he teaches at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies where he co-directs the master's degree "Politics and Practices of International Organizations", as well as at the Grenoble Faculty of Medicine where he directs the "health, solidarity and precariousness" diploma. In 2014, he joined the board of directors of Action contre la Faim, becoming vice-president of the association a year later. At the same time he has been a member of the National Council for Mental Health since 2016. He is the author of numerous articles in the national written press, especially as a contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique.
Dorian Dreuil
Secretary General
Graduated in Law and Political Science from the University Toulouse I Capitole, he joined the NGO Action contre la Faim in 2008, from the age of 16.
Graduated in Law and Political Science from the University Toulouse I Capitole, he joined the NGO Action contre la Faim in 2008, from the age of 16. He became departmental delegate of ACF in Toulouse in 2012 before creating the departmental delegation of Paris, so he was responsible until June 2017. Dorian Dreuil has been the youngest member of ACF's Board of Directors since 2014. Member of the Audit and Risk Committee and then of the Ethics Committee, he held the position of Delegate for Associative Life for two years. In 2016 he joined the office as Under-Secretary-General and then Secretary General. Author of several articles for Grotius International, geopolitics of humanitarian aid and for the Observatory of Humanitarian Questions, he inaugurated and created the chronicle in the Toulouse Journal,"Rendez-vous en terre humanitaire" for more than a year. A volunteer commitment recently rewarded with the Prix d' honneur "Prix Anne-Laure Arruebo" awarded on the occasion of the solemn re-entry of law at Toulouse 1 Capitole University. Dorian Dreuil has worked in the humanitarian and development department of the Institut des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS) and in the campaign and mobilization department of Oxfam France.
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Elizabeth Tchoungui
Assistant Secretary General
Elizabeth Tchoungui is Franco-Cameroonian. Journalist, editorialist for Le Point Afrique, presenter of "Menu Président", the weekly political program of Numéro23.
Elizabeth Tchoungui is Franco-Cameroonian. Journalist, editorialist for Le Point Afrique, presenter of "Menu Président", the weekly political program of Numéro23, editor-in-chief and presenter of "Mémo", France's cultural agenda Ô, she has previously collaborated with TV5 Monde, France 24, France 2, France 3 and France 5. She is the author of two novels "Bamako Climax" (Plon),"Je vous vous wishing la pluie" (Plon), and several collections of editorials and short stories "Billets d' Humeur Auféminin. com" (Leo Scheer),"Volcaniques, une anthologie du plaisir" (Mémoire d' inkrier),"Sept filles en colère" (Les Petits Matins). Elizabeth Tchoungui is a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres and a graduate of the École supérieure de Journalisme in Lille.
Alice Ponsero
Treasurer
Alice Ponsero has been a member of the Board of Directors since June 2014 and has worked for ACF on partnerships and seeking funding for missions.
Alice Ponsero has been a member of the Board of Directors since June 2014 and has worked for ACF on partnerships and seeking funding for missions. A graduate of ESSEC (MBA, Social Entrepreneurship Chair), she started her career in strategy consulting at BCG and now works for Adie, the leading microcredit player in Western Europe.
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Alexia Ackermann
Assistant Treasurer
Banking framework, with a long experience in financial and operational risk management. Graduated HEC 1997 and Harvard Business School 2001.
Banking framework, with a long experience in financial and operational risk management. Graduated HEC 1997 and Harvard Business School 2001. Interested in economic and human development issues, and active in several NGOs in France and abroad for more than 20 years.
Frédérique Benzoni-fievet
Based for 10 years in different regions of the world, Frédérique Benzoni- Fievet has held a number of management positions including…
Based for 10 years in different regions of the world, Frédérique Benzoni-Fievet has held senior management positions, managing and managing humanitarian teams and projects in a wide variety of contexts, some of which are unstable and always multicultural. Returning to France in 2005, she worked for 6 years in the Human Resources Department of a large French non-governmental organisation in a management position for recruitment and career development of expatriate staff. She was then responsible for the development and implementation of an HR policy for 1,700 employees worldwide. Since April 2012, Frédérique has been working as an independent consultant, training and teaching in HR and team management; coaching and career support. This activity is exclusively focused on the national and international voluntary sector. She is the result of initial training in Human Resources Management and Management and continuing education in psychopathology, NLP and engineering.
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Pierre Bollinger
Head of the debates, partnerships and international affairs department at France-Stratégie, an expert and foresight agency placed with the Prime Minister.
In charge of the debates, partnerships and international affairs department at France-Strategie, an expert and foresight agency placed with the Prime Minister (2011-2017), Pierre Bollinger is a training politician. He has taught political science and international relations in France and abroad (Université Saint-Joseph, Sciences Po and Université Paris XIII, Harvard University). From 2007 to 2011, he was in charge of a mission for non-governmental cooperation at the French Embassy in Washington, D. C., where he focused on developing dialogue and partnerships with American civil society actors committed to global issues (development aid, environment, human rights) as well as the capacities of French NGOs. Co-founder of the journal of political theory, Raisons Politiques, he is also secretary of the Institute for Research on Governance.
Alice Corbet
Chairperson of the Ethics Committee
Alice Corbet is a researcher at the CNRS at the LAM laboratory (Les Afriques dans le Monde), at Sciences Po Bordeaux.
Alice Corbet is a researcher at the CNRS at the LAM laboratory (Les Afriques dans le Monde), at Sciences Po Bordeaux. An anthropologist, she works on the issues of humanitarian intervention and refugee or displaced persons camps in Western Sahara, Haiti and several African countries, including Ethiopia. She has collaborated with several international organizations in many countries.
Cyril Cosar
After a first hospital life, he joined ACF in 2006 and held the position of Psychologist-Referent stress and psychological support for teams in the Human Resources Department.
Cyril COSAR has been a Clinical Psychologist for 15 years. After a first hospital life, he joined ACF in 2006 and held the position of Psychologist-Referent stress and psychological support for teams in the Human Resources Department. That is to say, the watch, the immediate support response and the orientation of care in case of crisis; but also the definition and implementation of a global policy for the prevention of Psycho-Social Risks. At the same time elected to the Board of Directors from 2010 to 2013, he left his position as an ACF employee in 2012. Since 2012, Cyril COSAR has been a psychotrauma specialist therapist and also works as a consultant for various organisations in the humanitarian, social and solidarity sector as well as for professional risk prevention firms.
https://twitter.com/cyril_co
Amandine Delsuc
Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee
Lawyer and former employee of ACF, she is currently practising as a corporate lawyer.
A lawyer and former employee of ACF, she is currently practising as a corporate lawyer in the specific fields of compliance and data protection.
Caroline Dib
Caroline Dib joined the board of directors of Action contre la Faim in September 2017.
Caroline Dib joined the board of directors of Action contre la Faim in September 2017. Committed to the association since the beginning of 2016 as a delegate of the Rhône, she has been particularly involved in the themes of citizen mobilization and the influence of the association through partnerships and local events. After graduating in History and Archaeology (University Lyon II Lumière), she turned to teaching and became a teacher in vocational high school.
Aïcha Koraichi
After graduating from Sciences Po, Aïcha Koraïchi began her career in organization consulting with the public sector before joining ACF where she was responsible for internal audit.
After graduating from Sciences Po, Aïcha Koraïchi began her career in organization consulting with the public sector before joining ACF where she was responsible for internal audit. She continues to work in the humanitarian sector with various NGOs on issues related to donors and risk management.
Marc Lavergne
Marc Lavergne, geographer and geopolitologist, research director at the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research)
Marc Lavergne, geographer and geopolitologist, director of research at CNRS, specialist in the Arab Middle East and Horn of Africa. He joined the Board of Directors of ACF in 2015.
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Thierry Mollichon
Worked in the socio-cultural sector for several years before spending 10 years in the international industrial sector.
Worked in the socio-cultural sector for several years before spending 10 years in the international industrial sector. Holder of a Master's degree in quality management, joined the voluntary sector in 1997. Successively Quality Manager then Director of the Institute for Training in Sports Professions within the UCPA. Then Deputy Regional Director Rhône Alpes Auvergne of the French Red Cross. Currently in the process of developing a consulting and coaching activity, particularly in ESS. Participated in the creation of the Lyon ACF Volunteer Delegation in 2004. Volunteer delegate of the same delegation from 2006 to 2008. Carried out 3 volunteer missions for ACF: diagnosis of the quality process at ACF headquarters and internal audit missions in Burma and Chad. Chairman of the Audit Committee from 2010 to 2012. Director of ACF since 2009, current representative of the Board of Directors of ACF in the CNCDH (National Consultative Commission on Human Rights)
Cyril Musila
Cyril Musila holds a doctorate in social sciences from EHESS Paris and divides his time between France and Africa.
Cyril Musila holds a doctorate in social sciences from EHESS Paris and divides his time between France and Africa. Coordinator of the post-conflict reconstruction programme in Central Africa at the OECD and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (2003-2006,2006-2007), he has carried out several missions to Central Africa and the Great Lakes region (Burundi, Rwanda, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania) for the implementation of this programme. He is involved in training and capacity building of civil society organizations in West and Central Africa. In residence in Kigali (Rwanda) as part of this program, he co-founded with a Congolese doctor a NGO "Simameni" in Goma (East DRC) responsible for the socio-economic reintegration of raped women. He is an advisor to this NGO. It has carried out and continues to carry out programme evaluation missions in Central Africa on behalf of the EU or the World Bank. He is a resource person for the African Union Frontiers Programme in Addis Ababa and collaborates in the peace and security programmes of African regional institutions (EECAC, SADC, ICGLR). Trainer, he is professor of Conflict Analysis and Peace Research at the Institut Catholique de Paris since 2001 and professor at the Université Pédagogique Nationale (UPN) in Kinshasa, DRC. He is an associate researcher at IFRI in Paris and coordinates an association of "culture of peace" in Kinshasa.
Julien Seillan
Julien Seillan began his humanitarian journey in 2004 in eastern DRC.
Julien Seillan began his humanitarian journey in 2004 in eastern DRC. After an experience in the social sector in France, he specializes in Human Resources management by completing his training in History with a Master's degree in HR at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. An ACF employee for 7 years, he successively held administrative management, career management and human resources and finance positions in the Operations Directorate. Since 2013, he has been working at the French Development Agency.
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Key figures
How we use the funds to fight hunger.
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Distribution by type of expenditure
Programme and support expenditure (87%)
Costs of background research and communication (9%)
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