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    Jul 3

    Canada’s leadership in global health has been our country’s best-kept secret. It’s time to change that. Share this video and show your support for women and children’s health.

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    12 hours ago

    Globally, labour productivity has increased & the unemployment rate has decreased. But youth are 3 times more likely to be unemployed than adults, with a 13% global youth unemployment rate in 2017. report:

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    Jul 5

    Timely humanitarian action depends on timely funding. In DR Congo, WFP used resources from the Immediate Response Account (IRA) for to wage a quick response to the crisis. Here's how flexible funding helped us make a difference in 2017:

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    Jul 5

    Agriculture accounts for 80% of GDP in the poorest regions of . But lack of access to water remains the #1 challenge for farmers. ’s canals open Lebanese farmers’ road to .

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    Jul 5

    : Drop Zone Coordinator oversees an airdrop of critical food supplies in Jiech, 🇸🇸where people fleeing conflict are receiving food to tide the hunger months. Powerful! 📸by Gabriela Vivacqua

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    Jul 3

    Conflicts continue to displace very large numbers of people – further deepening their vulnerability to violations. According to , there are now 4.4 million internally displaced people in the – :

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    Jul 5

    . 🇨🇦 continues to work with its to achieve the & Strategy goals. Learn more:

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  8. Jul 5

    Canada's international assistance has helped reduce poverty, improve living conditions in and remains a central element of 🇨🇦's action in 🇲🇱, in addition to its efforts to support peace and stabilization in the country. 📷:

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    Jul 5

    Update on Canada’s ongoing engagement in

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  10. Jul 5

    With help from Canada and @DigitalOpportunityTrust, Ariane Umuringa started Starlight, a social business that helps rural communities in Rwanda access solar electricity

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  11. Jul 5

    Saeed just finished Jr High School and dreams of becoming a nurse. A incentive programme funded by 🇨🇦 is encouraging her and 30,000 other girls in ’s Northern Region to attend school regularly by giving them veg. oil, iodized salt and beans each term.

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    Jul 3

    22 million people in need. 11 million of them children. 8.4 million on the brink of famine. A child dies every 10 minutes. This is today. Watch Henrietta Fore brief the press in Geneva today.

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    Jul 3

    🚩If we neglect refugee girls’ education the consequences will be felt for generations. 🚩It is time to make refugee girls’ education a priority. 🚩It's .

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    Jul 4

    Ten months after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar – more than half of them children – addressing their longer-term needs is becoming a key focus of the humanitarian response.

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    Jul 4

    moved up from 12th to 8th in the new 2018 Aid Transparency Index – thank you to all the hard work coming out of (In English only). More info:

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    Jul 4

    Our teams are on the ground in southern , ready to provide immediate food aid to families fleeing the violence in Dara’a and Quneitra. So far, WFP has delivered emergency assistance to more than 200k displaced people across the conflict-hit region.

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    Jul 3

    In peace is the only way forward - statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore:

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  18. Jul 4

    Call to partner organizations who want to contribute to the promotion of women's and adolescent girls' rights in the health sector in 🇭🇹. 🇨🇦 is accepting project proposals until September 5, 2018, at 12 p.m. (noon), EDT. Find out more: 📷:

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    Jul 3

    📖A glossary of world-changing terms: aka = world's best plan for a sustainable future🌎 = where we review progress on that plan📊 = where you can watch it all live 📺 = where you can find more info📰

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  20. Jul 4

    Afia lives in with her four-month old son, Habib. She attributes Habib’s weight gain to the increased amount of breast milk she produces. 🇨🇦 helps provide 40,000 women/children with special nutritious blended cereals to prevent stunting.

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