Foreign Affairs committee  I would just add that I would concur with what my colleague has said. I think it is about empowerment, and it's about really creating that enabling space for young girls to have ownership over their own lives in a community that is receptive to that.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'd be happy to take that one on. I think one needs to take care in simply looking at ratios of 10% or saying that 80% is a good ratio. I think it's really important that we raise the bar in terms of whether or not an organization is having a demonstrated impact, because I thin

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, to call on Drucker again, you can't manage what you can't measure, or is it that you can't measure what you can't manage? When I came to CFTC in 2010, five years ago, we had a lot of good work under way, but it wasn't great work. For me, the difference between good to grea

Foreign Affairs committee  On the subject of private sector collaboration, as somebody who comes from the private sector, I recognize and respect the value that the private sector brings to the table. As someone with grassroots development experience, I see very much that they have to work in harmony. They

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of the social—

Foreign Affairs committee  We focus on nutrition and education. Actually, I'll step back. Our theory of change model has three key pillars. The first is food security, where we're looking at access, availability, and utilization. The second pillar is education, where we're focusing on early childhood and p

Foreign Affairs committee  I'd be happy to turn that over to my colleague, Sohel.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a very good question. I think that the focus on women and children in the SDGs can always be deepened. I think it needs to keep going further to understand the shifts and changes at the community level. From our experience with the CHANGE project in northern Ghana, where

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. It's great to be back here. Thank you again for the invitation and the opportunity to appear before the standing committee today. As a Canadian secular international development agency founded in 1986, Canadian Feed The Children has as its mission to reduce