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Mali: The People Behind the Headlines

Rosemary McCarney | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Plan Canada, Conflict, Child Protection, Children, Mali, War, Plan, Humanitarian Crisis, Disaster Risk Reduction, Idps, Malnutrition, Internally Displaced Person, Rosemary McCarney, Sahel, Refugees, Mali Displacement, Mali Children Malnutrition, North Mali, Canada Impact News
Rosemary McCarney

We've seen an increasing amount in the news about Mali lately. A West African country in the grips of a conflict so brutal almost 400,000 people, mainly women and children, have had to flee their homes. With these concerns in mind, Plan has been stepping up our regular programs in Mali to help people through this period in their lives.

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Talking to Your Kids About Hunger

Debbie Wolfe | Posted 01.07.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Malnutrition, Education, Schools, Parenting, World Hunger, Children, World Vision, Talking to Kids About Hunger, Kids and Hunger, Teaching Kids About Hunger, Understanding World Hunger, Canada Impact News
Debbie Wolfe

Kids are naturally inclined to want to help. But when it comes to something as massive as world hunger, it's hard for young people to believe they can make a difference -- especially when adults don't seem able to solve the problem! Here are five ways you can get your child involved.

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Hunger is Not a Game, Canada

Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones, MD | Posted 07.15.2012 | Canada
Read More: Hunger in Canada, Right to Food, Hunger, Poverty, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Child Hunger Canada, Food Insecurity, Public Health, Malnutrition, Food Bank, Child Hunger, Public Health Crisis, Food Secure Canada, Canadian Hunger, Food Security, Canada News
Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones, MD

The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food will present his preliminary findings on food security in Canada on May 16 in Ottawa. It's my hope that this will put child hunger squarely on the political agenda in Canada. We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but hunger is something that we increasingly see among the families that bring their children to the hospital for medical attention.

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Africa Needs Our Help to Overcome its Latest Famine

Rosemary McCarney | Posted 08.02.2011 | Canada
Read More: Drought, Cida, Famine, Horn of Africa, East Africa, Humanitarian Crisis, Malnutrition, International Aid, Food Security, Bev Oda, Somalia Famine, Africa Famine, Canada News
Rosemary McCarney

Those in the Horn of Africa who are in the midst of a famine are facing hunger and malnutrition on a scale few of us can comprehend. Even so, I've been dismayed by web-chatter to the effect of, "How long can we be expected to keep feeding these Africans who don't seem to be able to fend for themselves?"

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