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On 20th April, 2004 a meeting was held by the Food Security, Livelihoods& HIV/AIDS Working Group (see this issue of Field Exchange).Peole in AidFrom left to right:Paul Rees Thomas(Concern),Tamsin Walters(CAFOD),Micheal O'Donnell(SC UK)and Paul Harvey(ODI)(in background)J Shoham, 2004From left to right:Nick Mathers(UK AIDS Consortium),Laura Phelps(Oxfam),Rebecca Brown(AAH),Amy Slorach(Tear Fund)Tara Shoham, Isobel Sauguet, Michel Lescanne and Beatrice Simkins,pictured during the ENN vist to the Nutriset site in FranceEditorial teamDeirdre HandyMarie McGrathJeremy ShohamDesignOrna O’Reilly/Big Cheese Design.comWebsiteJon BerkeleyContributors for thisissueGeorge JacobEvelyn DepoortereHeloise TrocErin GrinnellTom OgutaAbiud OmwegaJaswant SehmiLiana SteenkampDr Jill von der MarwitzCharlene GiovanelliLaura WynessAnna TaylorDonald S. McLarenAnn BurgessThanks for thephotographs to:George JacobEvelyn DepoortereLisa ErnoulTom OgutaFernand LambeinOrapin BanjongYasuo TanakaJerermy ShohamValid InternationalNutrisetLiana SteenkampChristelle LecossaisEsrrella AlvesKamela UsmaniField Exchangesupported by:One of the pictures on the cover of the reportof the Dublin meeting, circulated with the lastissue of Field Exchange, was incompletelyacknowledged. The picture of a young infantwith a mother in North Dafur, South Sudan in2001 was taken by Yvonne Grellerty, duringan evaluation with SC UK.Yvonne Grellerty, S. Sudan, 2001The Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN)grew out of a series of interagency meetings focusing on food andnutritional aspects of emergencies. The meetings were hosted byUNHCR and attended by a number of UN agencies, NGOs, donorsand academics. The Network is the result of a shared commitmentto improve knowledge, stimulate learning and provide vital supportand encouragement to food and nutrition workers involved inemergencies. The ENN officially began operations in November1996 and has widespread support from UN agencies, NGOs, anddonor governments. The network aims to improve emergencyfood and nutrition programme effectiveness by:• providing a forum for the exchange of field level experiences• strengthening humanitarian agency institutional memory• keeping field staff up to date with current research and evaluationfindings• helping to identify subjects in the emergency food and nutritionsector which need more researchThe main output of the ENN is a tri-annual newsletter,Field Exchange, which is devoted primarily to publishing field levelarticles and current research and evaluation findings relevant tothe emergency food and nutrition sector.The main target audience of the Newsletter are food and nutritionworkers involved in emergencies and those researching this area.The reporting and exchange of field level experiences is central toENN activities.The TeamJeremy Shoham (Field Exchange technicaleditor) and Marie McGrath (Field Exchangeproduction/assistant editor) are both ENNdirectors.Rupert Gill is the new ENN administrator, basedin Oxford. Rupert has worked previously in thefield with Merlin, ACF and Oxfam in log/admin andwater/sanitation.Dan George is the new ENN finance assistant,working part-time in Oxford.On the coverProcessing local Enset plantsSodo district, Ethiopia.G. Jacob, 2003GENEVA FOUNDATIONto protect health in warThe Emergency Nutrition Network is a company limited by guaranteeand not having a share capital.Registered in England and Wales number: 4889844Registered address: Unit 13, Standingford House, Cave Street,Oxford, OX4 1BA, UKENN Directors: Jeremy Shoham, Marie McGrath31