UNICEF and organizations like the World Food Programme have in place a number of systems, including monitoring systems on the ground. When we are entrusted with Canadian funding—and I use that word intentionally, because we feel a sense of trust that you have put in us—we are supporting government institutions and local non-governmental organizations, and we are doing direct implementation as UNICEF. This means we can ensure that quality standards are respected, for example, when it comes to water and sanitation. It also ensures that we can continue the follow-up monitoring.
We go to communities. I have visited water points that we are constructing in rural parts of Haiti. I have seen them myself on these visits, along with my team. We have engineers on staff who look at the technical aspects, for example.
We are actively following up on how the funds that are given to us are implemented around the country.
