Foreign Affairs committee  What I would add is that in these contexts what's important to us is that the neutrality and impartiality of humanitarian actors are built up as opposed to brought down. So we're asking anyone.... Even whether there's fighting or no fighting, humanitarian actors who are deemed im

Foreign Affairs committee  If I may, I can give you some specific examples of the kinds of programs. We have, as an example, a $1.6-million contribution from CIDA through partners with Canadians branch, and one of the things it is doing very specifically is trying to improve the access of women to agricu

Foreign Affairs committee  The appeal was for $373 million, as I understand it. I'm not exactly sure. Maybe my colleagues have the total that has been provided through the consolidated appeal, but $373 million was the amount that I saw as originally requested by the UN for the consolidated appeal. We can w

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't know the specifics. My understanding from reading other people's testimony yesterday is that it's within the humanitarian budget of CIDA for the year, so it was unallocated money that has now been allocated to the conflict.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. It is an honour to be here to give a presentation on Mali. This is a major crisis. Thank you for the invitation. As mentioned, my name is Kevin McCort. I am the president and chief executive officer of CARE Canada, and CARE is one of Canada's largest interna

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll start. I know that both the Red Cross and UNICEF are deeply involved in these coordination efforts. Very briefly, the humanitarian organizations, under the leadership of the United Nations, have established a cluster system, whereby organizations that are involved in water,

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Our focus is very much on the communities where we work. We don't do tracing of individuals to see where they end up eventually. But I think all of the points you mentioned are in fact what happens. Many Haitians move from rural to urban areas in search of a better li

Foreign Affairs committee  I will start, if I may. First, the question of sexual and gender-based violence in the camps is a particularly challenging one, and it is being addressed at a number of levels. The first level is physical, in terms of lighting and the location of latrines. There are a number of

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Good morning. My name is Kevin McCort. I am the president and chief executive officer of CARE Canada, and also a member of the Humanitarian Coalition. My opinions and comments are strictly my own. CARE has been present in Haiti for more than 50 years. We