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Budget 2023 undermines Canada’s standing in the world, as government backpedals on aid commitment, says coalition of NGOs
Toronto - March 28, 2023: At a time of enormous need globally, the Canadian government has failed to deliver on its promise to increase foreign aid every year. As part of the Federal Budget 2023, the government declined to announce new investments for any international aid programs.
Canadians views on where Canada should invest funds and efforts revealed in Ipsos poll ahead of federal budget
Canadians believe current generation of children face more frightening future than their own
SYRIA: Children terrified of sleeping in tents as storms and flooding damage shelters of families already affected by the earthquakes
Toronto, March 20, 2023: Torrential rainfall and flooding have damaged camps and villages across earthquake affected areas of northern Syria, with children too scared to sleep in tents, Save the Children warned today.
“She thinks we’re still under the rubble”: One month after earthquakes, children in Türkiye and Syria are in survival mode
Toronto, March 6 2023 - One month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people and injured more than 100,000 across Syria and Türkiye, thousands of families are still living in temporary shelters and struggling to access food and other essential goods.
About half of children under 5 in Somalia facing malnutrition although fears of famine on hold: new data
Toronto, March 1, 2023 – About 1.8 million children aged under five are still expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Somalia this year with the emergency far from over even though the risk of famine has been averted for the time being, Save the Children said on Wednesday.
YEMEN'S MOST VULNERABLE LEFT BEHIND AS LESS THAN A THIRD OF $4.3 BLN RAISED TO AVERT HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE
TORONTO, 27 February – World leaders raised only US$1.2 billion towards a US$4.3 billion aid plan for war-torn Yemen during today’s UN pledging event, leaving about 11 million children at risk of disease, hunger and escalating conflict, Save the Children said.
Statement on child deaths following migrant boat shipwreck off Italian coast
TORONTO, 26 February - Following reports of a migrant boat being shipwrecked off the coast of Calabria in Southern Italy, Raffaela Milano, director of Italy-Europe programs at Save the Children said:
