Guess what? The Canadian Federal Budget has just dropped. So, let's talk about the scoop on Official Development Assistance (ODA) – since it's not half bad!
Here's the lowdown: International Assistance gets a bump of around 5% compared to last year's budget. The standout addition? An extra $350 million over 2 years for humanitarian aid – talk about a much-needed boost, especially with all the crises happening in Gaza, Haiti, Sudan, and Ukraine. Now, here's the kicker: this 5% boost...
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As the slow smoky, sometimes apocalyptic, haze drifts across North America as a result of ongoing wildfires, it’s impossible to deny that the impacts of climate change are barreling down the door and coming right into our living rooms (literally if you accidentally leave the windows open on a smoky day). The best time to act was yesterday, the second best time is now.
Climate Change financing needs urgent reform - as does the ways in which we think about...
In a time when all we hear about is “unprecedented” challenges - the World Bank, unfortunately continues to operate in the most predictable and “precedented” way. Last week the world’s biggest financial stakeholders had an opportunity to fundamentally reform the operations of the Bank to unlock the callable capital needed in order to address the significant development challenges facing the world today – we saw some baby steps, but what we needed were giant leaps. Reforming the way Multilateral...
Today is World Health Day. A day to bring worldwide attention to the importance of global health and to reflect on 75 years of global health cooperation with the World Health Organization. Today is an opportunity to recognize what we still need to achieve to improve global health and to get one step close to better health for all.
Around the world deaths from preventable causes continue to be among the leading reason of death, as of 2022 the WHO...
After months of countless advocacy including a successful parliamentary reception, high-level parliamentary meetings and over 5000 of you taking action, the Government of Canada didn’t deliver the outcome we had hoped for on Budget Day.
Canada dealt a major blow to development and global health with a 15% cut to international aid in Budget 2023. Without new spending announced, aid as a share of our national income could go down to 0.25%-0.27%, compared to 0.32% in 2021. This would be...
“It’s very important for poor people and people of colour to go to these protests and marches because they are feeling the wrath of climate change the most. It’s important for them to have a say, for their voice and their demands to be heard” — Ayakha Melithafa, South African Environmental activist.
Ayakha Melithafa- 2020
My name is Kevine, and I work as a Social Media & Communications Assistant at ONE.
I want to share the story of Ayakha Melithafa.
Ayakha is one of...
This week’s G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting take place as warning signs are flashing red. Economic woes are deepening and shocks are overwhelming countries throughout the world.
Those with the least capacity to weather shocks are feeling this most acutely: they are trading off heating for eating or struggling through yet another hunger crisis.
Yet, leadership and a coherent response plan are missing in action.
We have the tools to respond and mitigate the worst of these overlapping crises,...
The Global Fund is asking Canada for CA$1,200,000,000, a 30% increase from the Sixth Replenishment. The basis for this analysis is from The Global Fund's modeled estimates on the impact of every US$100 million invested through the Global Fund. Estimates are derived from the modelling conducted to estimate impact of the Global Fund 2023-2025 Investment Case. To estimate the results of a given financial contribution to the Global Fund, first the current upfront disease split in the Global Fund...
Last week G7 leaders gathered at their yearly Summit, took some photos and made promises that the world has (for the most part) already heard from them.
While the world’s most powerful leaders dined out on curated vegan menus at the G7 meetings, hundreds of millions of people plunged further into one of the worst food crises that the world has ever seen.
Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, nearly 800 million people around the world were facing or were...