Today’s announcement of $500,000 in additional humanitarian assistance funding is supporting the work of World Vision Canada in responding to the humanitarian impact of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.
These efforts include:
- providing transitional shelter kits to 500 households;
- delivering technical training in “build-back better” shelter techniques to targeted households;
- distributing emergency education kits to 100 schools (reaching 4,000 cyclone-affected children); and
- delivering emergency teaching kits to 100 teachers.
This contribution is in addition to the $160,000 already provided to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to meet immediate critical needs, bringing Canada’s total contribution to date to $660,000 in response to Cyclone Pam.
Canada helps save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain the dignity of people affected by conflict, natural disasters and situations of food insecurity requiring a humanitarian response in developing countries by supporting the appropriate, timely, and effective response of international and Canadian humanitarian organizations.
For more information on Canada’s response to humanitarian crises around the world, please visit Response to Humanitarian Crisis.
