Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't feel best placed to answer that myself, but I would certainly open the floor to other witnesses who may be able to speak to that.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thanks very much for that question. What we are definitely seeing is that there are very real threats and real incidents of sexual assault and rape. As I said in my opening remarks, every girl we spoke to in our assessment told us that she is living with the fear of sexual assau

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, absolutely. Everything we do in northwest Syria is done in partnership with global organizations. World Vision and organizations like us are very much committed to strengthening the capacity of local Syrian civil society, and all of our support is done in partnership.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would add that the fear of COVID-19 infection is also hampering people's willingness to reach out for services when they need them. They have limited mobility and aren't able to reach out even when services are available.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you so much, Chair and members of the committee, for inviting us to contribute to today's briefing on the situation in Turkey and northern Syria. World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization working to create lasting change in the lives of chi

Foreign Affairs committee  I appreciate the question. I think there is definitely room for Canada to increase its support to Canadian civil society, particularly to local organizations. We know that these players are at the front lines in providing services to communities and are influential in the commun

Foreign Affairs committee  Perhaps I can jump in here. Certainly from my perspective, one of the important things we need to do first is to understand contextually what the barriers are. World Vision has conducted a recent barrier analysis on vaccine uptake, in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania and DRC

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Chair, and members of the committee, for inviting us to elaborate on our November testimony regarding how COVID-19 is affecting the world's most vulnerable children. I'll be joined in my testimony today by my colleague, Martin Fischer. All six agencies tha

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm happy to jump in here, if that's okay.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thanks, Mr. Bergeron. I would say that our response to COVID-19 has highlighted the significant strength and capacity of our local partners and our local staff on the ground. We recently completed a real-time learning. We interviewed more than 3,000 local staff members, more tha