Humanitarian context
Madagascar often suffers from the effects of natural disasters. In 2021, the country suffered its worst drought in 40 years. During 2022, the nutritional and health situation continued to deteriorate throughout Madagascar, especially in the Greater South region. And in 2023 it was hit by Cyclone Freddy, the most durable and most intense tropical cyclone recorded in the world.
All this, coupled with inflation caused by the global economic crisis, unleashed catastrophic levels of food and nutrition insecurity unprecedented in the south of the island. By the end of 2022, more than 2 million people were in phase 3 (crisis) or 4 (emergency) of the food insecurity classification and, in July, 355,000 children under five were suffering from acute undernutrition.
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Our activity
After tropical storm Ana and cyclones Batsirai and Emnati, Action Against Hunger organized an emergency response to the cyclone together with its national partner ASOS, which impacted on several areas. In order to meet the needs of nearly 39,000 people in the south-east of the country, health, water, sanitation and hygiene assistance was provided, and unconditional cash transfers were made.
In parallel, Action Against Hunger continued to provide humanitarian and development aid. Through emergency funding, it deployed mobile clinics to address health and nutritional problems in the most remote areas of the Greater South. On the other hand, the CONFLUENCIAS project allowed the health team, in collaboration with the health authorities and local partners, to continue strengthening the health system in Atsimo-Andrefana with diagnostics and programmes.
Action Against Hunger continued to provide safe water in emergency trucks to crisis-affected populations and to rehabilitate or build wells. It also provided unconditional cash and supported livelihood recovery by distributing supplies to farmers.
In vulnerable urban areas of Antananarivo, Action Against Hunger continued to assist communities through a program of social protection, nutrition, mental health, sanitation and income-generating initiatives for the most disadvantaged urban dwellers.
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We help 24.5 million people each year. We work in 55 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, those most threatened by hunger.