Canadian aid leaders say they hope Canada uses the G7 to urge other countries to strengthen their commitment to international assistance
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Mennonite Central Committee ups funding in face of USAID cuts
MCC pledges an additional $1 million to development partners to make a practical and symbolic statement of concern about USAID cuts
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U.S. backtracks on some food aid cuts: UN
The U.S. has backtracked on emergency food aid cuts it announced for 14 countries, restoring assistance to six of them: UN
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‘A despairing time’: Aid leader recounts effects of USAID cuts
Sudan and South Sudan are just two of the countries facing a human catastrophe after USAID’s funding was cut ‘without notice’
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WHO facing $2.5bn gap even after slashing budget: report
The WHO’s $2.6 billion gap comes on top of the nearly $600 million the agency had already warned was missing towards this year’s budget
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Op-Ed: Canada’s foreign aid sector needs to rethink its approach
Many Canadian aid organizations have become reliant on government funding, creating risks of dependency, lack of dependence and complacency
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‘Unbroken trend’: Decline in charitable givers a problem for sector, society
In the past 25 years, the number of charitable givers has dropped, a new report says, pointing to a ‘structural vulnerability’ for the sector
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Who is slashing development aid?
The U.S. plans to cancel 83 per cent of programmes at USAID, slashing most of the 42 per cent of the development aid spent around the world
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Only a functioning Palestinian state could replace UNRWA: agency chief
‘The only viable alternative [to UNRWA] are capable Palestinian institutions … in a Palestinian state,’ said agency chief
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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze $2bn in foreign aid
The Supreme Court, in its first significant ruling on a legal challenge to the Trump administration, voted 5-4 to uphold a lower court order