Marie-Claude Bibeau and Humanitarian Disaster

Canada development minister: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA - The world must do more to educate children forced from their homes as it grapples with the epic level of humanitarian disaster unfolding across the globe, says Canada development minister, according to Brandon Sun. Marie-Claude Bibeau said Monday that too little of the already insufficient amount of global humanitarian assistance is being directed to educate children forced to flee their homes. Bibeau says the world must do more to educate children forced from their homes as it grapples with the epic level of humanitarian disaster unfolding across the globe. Unless more resources are redirected, more children will lose out on education and become drawn to extremism, she said. "It a matter of peace and security. Bibeau was representing Canada at the first major summit that is trying to reshape the world aid architecture to help it better deal with the estimated 125 million people that require humanitarian assistance, including 60 million forced from their homes. If we don't take care of these children and there a risk that, especially if they live in neighbouring countries, if I don't go to school, they don't have hope," Bibeau told The Canadian Press from the first World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.