Pakistan

Quick Facts

Population: 251.3 million
People Facing Hunger: 40.9 million

Our Impact

People Helped Last Year: 80,831
Our Team: 13 employees
Program Start: 1979

The State of Hunger in Pakistan

Pakistan is facing a severe humanitarian crisis, with 7.9 million people experiencing acute food insecurity. The country struggles with high rates of malnutrition: 18% of children are malnourished, and 40% are stunted (impaired growth and development). Climate shocks, inflation, and floods worsen the situation and increase the reliance on humanitarian aid.

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How We're Helping in Pakistan

Our teams run lifesaving interventions and resilience-building programs across health, nutrition, food security, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Nutrition activities include malnutrition screening and treatment, disease prevention, and caregiver training. We also provide medical consultations for women and children, including prenatal and postnatal care, and psychosocial support to address mental health challenges.

To enhance food security, we provide agricultural items, solar-powered boreholes and irrigation tanks, and multi-purpose cash assistance. Additionally, our rapid response teams work to address the urgent medical and nutritional needs of Afghan refugees.

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35 year old, Rozina, is a small scale entrepreneur who received a rooster from Action Against Hunger as well as its feed. As a result she has been able to save money on meat and eggs therefore, saving on monthly income.

Vulnerable Households Received Cash Assistance

Kiran, a mother of a malnourished 6 month old baby girl named Ruksana, has been receiving treatment for her child from Action Against Hunger.

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Women And Children Reached With Our Nutrition Programs

Ashraf Qasqariya, a trainer at the Farmer Field School (FFS), conducts a Community Mobilization Session on Kitchen Gardening in Jamot Village

One of the demonstration plots at an Action Against Hunger Farmer Field School in Pakistan.

A woman farms a demonstration plot at one of Action Against Hunger's Farmer Field Schools.

Dr. Zarina Lashari, a nutrition assistant, consults with a mother and child at an outpatient treatment center in Sindh, Pakistan.

At Action Against Hunger's Farmer Field Schools, agriculture experts teach farmers climate-smart growing techniques, introduce nutritious, resilient crops, and provide practice plots for people to test what they’ve learned.

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To prevent malnutrition by improving diets, we help farmers to set up biofortification programs for their crops designed to fill dietary gaps, such as common micronutrient deficiencies like iron, vitamin A, and Zinc.

Food Security & Livelihoods

A health worker, Nausheen, told me about this center - that they are treating children and provide nutritional care, which is beneficial for children’s health. So, I brought my daughter here and now she is much better than before.”

— Kausar, mother of six-month-old Zainab, who was treated for malnutrition by Action Against Hunger