Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I was so focused in response to Mr. Dewar's question about local-level advocacy in country that I didn't actually respond to your question about what the Canadian government should do. Broadly, there is a trade, diplomacy, and development role for th

Foreign Affairs committee  We can tag-team this, because we both mentioned it. I think it's a good way to show again the system-based approach, because I can speak to it from the community level and Susan then can speak to it from the international-body kind of level. At the community level, church leade

Foreign Affairs committee  When it comes to child protection, or education in particular?

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll start with the question around war-torn areas. That's why I was raising the issue of child-friendly spaces. There are emergency contacts where safe spaces can be protected and informal education in particular can take place. A lot of work can be done around societal norms,

Foreign Affairs committee  Thanks so much for the question. During my recent visit to Bangladesh, it seemed that everywhere I looked there were workplace tragedies just waiting to happen. Our partners in Bangladesh suggest that the accord is the best way to tackle the issue of workplace safety, so we've

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, I can draw on our experience of something we call Citizen Voice and Action, which I think I referred to earlier. It's our social accountability tool that we use for local-level advocacy in the countries where we work. It's not an expensive thing, it's a tool. It takes som

Foreign Affairs committee  Great. Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me to be part of this important study on the protection of children and youth in developing countries. World Vision Canada, for those of you who don't know about us, is a Christian relief, development, and advocacy organization op

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll let Bart speak to your specific questions around the proactive food security programs and also the success we've had through the Sahel contribution. I do want to respond to the points about the 2 % and the needs. We welcome Canada's role and the leadership role that you've

Foreign Affairs committee  I am very pleased to be here. My name is Elly Vandenberg. I am the senior director of policy and advocacy at World Vision. I would like to introduce my colleague, Bart Witteveen, director of humanitarian and emergency affairs. We really appreciate the invitation to appear befor

Foreign Affairs committee  We get about 3% of our funding from government. Is that your question?

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm just pleased that everybody is supportive of this initiative.

Foreign Affairs committee  What I'm seeing here is a reflection of the fact that we don't have consensus in Canada about this. We have different perspectives as individuals, as organizations, as individuals within organizations, within this coalition that has struggled over 18 months to develop consensus a

Foreign Affairs committee  Let me take a stab at this, Mr. Dewar. To underline what you said about meagre resources, we have a consensus around which interventions are effective and also have a low cost and a high impact. We have consensus about them. That's what we join together on. It's not denying any

Foreign Affairs committee  I found the session that you had with Ms. Biggs, from CIDA, very helpful at clarifying that. The CIDA policy has not changed and that's helpful to know that. This particular G-8 initiative is going to focus on certain interventions.

Foreign Affairs committee  Teresa might want to talk more specifically, because she has more specific expertise. The point I wanted to make is that it's not just about their being trained, but also equipped and motivated. All of this is integrated: you can't have health workers who have training but no eq