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Action Against Hunger Global Impact Report 2024

Action Against Hunger UK is part of a global network fighting hunger and malnutrition. Their 2024 global impact report covers 26.5 million people reached across 57 countries, emergency response to 47 crises, water and sanitation support for 7.6 million people, and sustained advocacy to address the root causes of hunger including conflict and climate change.

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Acute malnutrition treatment, emergency response (47 emergencies across 34 countries), water and sanitation programmes reaching 7.6 million people, community health worker training, livelihoods and food security programmes, policy advocacy, UK-based INI Food and Wellbeing Hub Custom geography from upload: Global (UK-based)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 26.5 million people reached across 57 countries in 2024 through hunger prevention and treatment programmes
Key Metric 2 UK-based international humanitarian organisation leading the global movement to end hunger, tackling acute malnutrition, food insecurity and the root causes of hunger including conflict, climate change and inequality
Key Metric 3 Treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition, emergency food and nutrition response, water sanitation and hygiene (WaSH), livelihoods support, and advocacy for systemic change

Key Outcomes

  • Programmes delivered across 57 countries in 2024 with 8,500+ staff partnering with local communities
  • Emergency response mounted across 47 crises in 34 countries during 2024
  • UK Member of Disasters Emergency Committee and Start Network, enabling rapid coordinated humanitarian response

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
Key Metric 3
327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
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Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved