Aid Partners: Rohingya and Conflict-Affected People

aid partners: DOMINIQUE FAGET / AFP/GETTY IMAGES By The Canadian Press Fri., Sept. 15, 2017 OTTAWA Canada is giving Bangladesh extra money to help it cope with the influx of Rohingya Muslims fleeing neighbouring Burma, according to Toronto Star. International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says the additional 2.55 million will target care for women, new mothers and children under five. The UN estimates 240,000 children are among the 400,000 Rohingya who have fled Burma since late August. So far this year, Canada has committed to 6.63 million in humanitarian assistance funding to aid partners in Burma and Bangladesh to help conflict-affected people, including the Rohingya. Bibeau says the funds will also help victims of gender-based violence, and will be given to three different United Nations agencies. The announcement follows a 4.3-million contribution by the European Commission earlier this week to help deal with the crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.