Staff Reporter :
Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development of Canada on Friday announced a further $2.55 million as humanitarian fund for displaced Rohingya people coming to Bangladesh from Myanmar.
The assistance will be provided by experienced humanitarian partners: the United Nations Population Fund, UNICEF and the World Food Programme.
Funds provided by Canada will go toward programs that include: The provision of therapeutic feeding for pregnant women and for children less than five years old; the provision of clinical care and psychosocial counseling for sexual and gender-based violence survivors; the provision of emergency obstetric and newborn care; and the establishment of child-friendly spaces.
Till date in 2017, Canada has given $6.63 million as humanitarian assistance to partners in Myanmar and Bangladesh to meet the needs of conflict-affected people, including the Rohingya. Friday’s announcement brings Canada’s total humanitarian response in 2017 to $9.18 million.
With more civilians expected to flee the violence and enter Bangladesh in the coming days and weeks, this new funding will help address life-saving needs of the displaced-particularly women and children, who account for 70 per cent of those in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
In line with Canada’s new Feminist International Assistance Policy, the initiatives announced today (Friday) will help address some of these challenges and improve the lives of the most vulnerable, particularly women and children.
“Canada remains deeply concerned about the violence in Rakhine state and the displacement of more than 375,000 people into Bangladesh since late August. The support Canada is announcing today will help partners provide life-saving assistance to people fleeing violence. It will focus on sexual and reproductive health needs and help women and girls who have faced sexual and gender-based violence,” said Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie
“We also urge the authorities in Myanmar to take measures to protect all civilians from the ongoing violence, and we call for the full, unimpeded resumption of humanitarian assistance activities for UN and international humanitarian organizations in Myanmar,” Claude Bibeau added.
Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development of Canada on Friday announced a further $2.55 million as humanitarian fund for displaced Rohingya people coming to Bangladesh from Myanmar.
The assistance will be provided by experienced humanitarian partners: the United Nations Population Fund, UNICEF and the World Food Programme.
Funds provided by Canada will go toward programs that include: The provision of therapeutic feeding for pregnant women and for children less than five years old; the provision of clinical care and psychosocial counseling for sexual and gender-based violence survivors; the provision of emergency obstetric and newborn care; and the establishment of child-friendly spaces.
Till date in 2017, Canada has given $6.63 million as humanitarian assistance to partners in Myanmar and Bangladesh to meet the needs of conflict-affected people, including the Rohingya. Friday’s announcement brings Canada’s total humanitarian response in 2017 to $9.18 million.
With more civilians expected to flee the violence and enter Bangladesh in the coming days and weeks, this new funding will help address life-saving needs of the displaced-particularly women and children, who account for 70 per cent of those in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
In line with Canada’s new Feminist International Assistance Policy, the initiatives announced today (Friday) will help address some of these challenges and improve the lives of the most vulnerable, particularly women and children.
“Canada remains deeply concerned about the violence in Rakhine state and the displacement of more than 375,000 people into Bangladesh since late August. The support Canada is announcing today will help partners provide life-saving assistance to people fleeing violence. It will focus on sexual and reproductive health needs and help women and girls who have faced sexual and gender-based violence,” said Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie
“We also urge the authorities in Myanmar to take measures to protect all civilians from the ongoing violence, and we call for the full, unimpeded resumption of humanitarian assistance activities for UN and international humanitarian organizations in Myanmar,” Claude Bibeau added.
