Humanitarian Leadership Academy, Action Against Hunger signed agreement to develop case study of response in the Philippines
The Humanitarian Leadership Academy, a global consortium of aid organizations designed to help communities become more resilient in the face of disaster and give them training and skills to respond to crises in their own countries, and ACF International (Action Against Hunger), a global organization working to save the lives of severely malnourished people worldwide, especially during and after emergency situations of conflict, war and disaster, and implement long-term solutions to hunger, signed a memorandum of understanding on May 27, 2015.
Christopher John Lane, director for global operations of HLA and Javad Amoozegar, ACF country director, in the presence of ACF disaster risk reduction referent Mark Cervantes and Sarah Dominguez, learning and development manager of HLA, held "HLA-ACF MOU Signing Ceremony" in Makati City to begin the documentation of case study on experiences, lessons and good practices of ACF in its disaster risk reduction and resilience programming in the Philippines.
The memorandum of understanding highlights the development of case studies with practical information on humanitarian response, disaster risk reduction and preparedness, climate change adaptation, recovery, resilience programming, and crisis-sensitive development, following the experiences of local community actions introduced in Arakan valley in North Cotabato by ACF through its integrated in development programming. The HLA is expected to disseminate the best practice and knowledge in vulnerable crisis affected countries and communities.
In the Philippines, ACF is implementing programs on nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), food security and livelihoods (FSL), advocacy and governance that directly result to reduced vulnerabilities and increased resilience of vulnerable people.
The HLA tapped the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), with 40 years of experience in working directly with the rural poor in developing countries to improve their lives by building their unique assets and strengths, to help develop the tools.
The cooperation agreement represents a new space for ACF to establish links with other actors, jointly with HLA, launched in London in March 2015, and IIRR, in the fields of disaster risk management and community resiliency building. #
About ACF
ACF international | Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger and malnutrition. ACF responds to help vulnerable populations around the world through programs that empower communities to overcome the barriers standing in their way.
In the Philippines, ACF tackles the root causes of hunger, prevents outbreaks of life-threatening acute malnutrition, and helps the most vulnerable communities regain self- sufficiency through integrated programs in health and nutrition, care practices and psychosocial and care practices, food security and livelihoods; water, sanitation and hygiene; disaster risk management; good governance and advocacy while incorporating crosscutting issues such as gender, care for the environment, climate change adaptation and cultural sensitivity.
Our programs save lives and provide communities with long-term solutions to hunger and its underlying causes. We work in more than 45 countries and reach approximately eight million people annually.
For more information, please contact:
Rosa May de Guzman Maitem
Communications Manager
ACF International - Philippine Mission
Email: rmaitem@ph.acfspain.org
Tel/Fax: +63-(02) 840-1808; +63-(02) 659-3598
Cellular: + + 63-998-560-5447