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The Pope Francis Village school in the Philippines nears completion

June 22, 2016
by 
Kelly Di Domenico, Communications Officer

The local elementary school in the community of Diit is a beehive of activity these days. Diit is the community near the city of Tacloban, where Development and Peace and several of its partners are working together to build a resettlement site called the Pope Francis Village that will provide a new beginning for 550 families affected by Typhoon Haiyan. 

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Philippines

Participate in the consultations on Canadian development aid

June 21, 2016
by 
Geneviève Talbot
Participate in the consultations on Canadian development aid

On May 18, 2016, the government of Canada launched a review and consultation process concerning Canadian aid policy, to be carried out by online consultations and roundtables. You have until July 31, 2016 to make your voice heard on the five priorities of international aid identified by the government: 

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Advocacy
Plaidoyer

Initial contacts

June 17, 2016
by 
Luc Paré, member of the Quebec City diocese

In June 2016, eight Development and Peace members from Eastern Québec will be travelling to Cambodia with their regional animators for 20 days. They will be visiting the regions of Phnom Phen, Kampot, Siem Reap, Battambang and Ratanakiri.

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Field visits
Members in action
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A diversity of experiences for Development and Peace’s Youth Ambassadors

June 16, 2016
by 
Brenda Chaput-Saltel

Caring for our common home requires a radical transformation

June 15, 2016
by 
Elana Wright

Development and Peace to present a panel on Laudato Si and its call for ecological conversion.

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Advocacy
Institutional life
Plaidoyer

We’re off!

June 9, 2016
by 
Pascal André Charlebois

In June 2016, eight Development and Peace members from Eastern Québec will be travelling to Cambodia with their regional animators for 20 days. They will be visiting the regions of Phnom Phen, Kampot, Siem Reap, Battambang and Ratanakiri.

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Field visits
Members in action
Solidarity trips

Agriculture and climate change: implementation of the Paris Agreement

June 8, 2016
by 
Geneviève Talbot

Five months after the COP21 in Paris, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in Bonn, Germany from May 16 to May 26, 2016.

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Advocacy
Plaidoyer

Supporting Burundian refugees in Tanzania

June 6, 2016
by 
Khoudia Ndiaye, Communications Officer

Burundi has been plunged in a political crisis since April 2015, when President Pierre Nkurunziza made the very controversial announcement that he would be allowed to present his candidacy for a third term. Thousands of Burundians have crossed the border into Tanzania in order to flee the political instability and violence that have paralyzed the economy and adversely affected the most vulnerable in the country.

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Emergencies
Urgences

The long, slow and difficult reconstruction process in Nepal

June 2, 2016
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By Stéphane Vinhas, Program Officer (Emergency Relief)

On April 25, 2016, which marked the first anniversary of the earthquake in Nepal, I travelled to the country to spend two weeks assessing the changing context and monitor the projects supported by Development and Peace. I was also there on behalf of our organization to show our solidarity with the Nepalese people, who were commemorating this sad event.

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Emergencies

Canada at the table in Syrian peace negotiations

May 30, 2016
by 
Elana Wright

As Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion returned from his first meeting with the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) in Vienna, Austria on May 17, Syrians in besieged areas continue to struggle to survive, and Syrians around the world are attempting to keep hope alive for an end to this tragically long conflict. 

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