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Canada pledges US$10 million for Pakistan flood relief, recovery efforts
September 27, 2023 | Canada, Gender Equality, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Global Health | Share this update
On September 27, 2023, Canadian Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen announced CAD14 million (US$10 million) in development assistance for Afghan refugees and host communities in Pakistan impacted by 2022’s floods.
The funding from Canada is slated to support two projects delivering health and other essential services, including:
- CAD10 million (US$7 million) to the UNHCR for essential services and recovery efforts such as the rehabilitation of schools and health facilities, the provision of livelihood training, and GBV services; and
- CAD4 million (US$3 million) to the WHO for health services, including SRHR and MCNH, as well as GBV services.
This announcement brings Canada’s total development assistance in response to the 2022 flooding to CAD39 million (US$29 million).
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US$ amounts are cited directly from sources; in the absence of an official conversion, they are calculated using the previous week's average of the US Federal Reserve's daily exchange rates.
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