on with archbishop Canterbury’s call government Reversing its move to cut foreign aid, saying that a report about a group of philanthropists will help fill the gap highlighted the damage caused by this decision.
According to the Sunday Times, philanthropists including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will pledge on Sunday to provide more than 100 million pounds for a one-year plan to partially replace the British aid budget. Cut back and use funds to solve preventable diseases and family planning projects.
The government announced that it would reduce foreign aid from 0.7% of national income (as required by law) to 0.5%, which is equivalent to a reduction of 4 billion pounds.
According to the “Sunday Times” report, charitable consortia, including the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, donated money to previously funded projects in the UK to embarrass British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
As about 50 Conservative Party MPs-including former Prime Minister Theresa May-continue to ask Parliament to vote on the government’s decision, the Labor Party Shadow International Development Secretary Prit Corgil said that the philanthropist’s decision embarrassed the UK.
“This is a shameful moment for this Conservative government,” Ms. Gil said in a statement.
“As low-income countries continue to fight the pandemic, this contribution to try to fill the gap left by the government’s cuts in life-saving aid programs is welcome, but it can only prevent the most serious damage.
“The government’s decision to cut aid budgets against the will of the parliament has already cost lives. They must reverse this decision or put it to a vote as soon as possible.
Archbishop of Canterbury, the greatest priest Justin Welby He appreciated the philanthropist’s actions, but said he was still praying for the government to resume its pledge of assistance.
“These diseases can cause unimaginable suffering and completely preventable deaths,” he told the Sunday Telegraph.
“This emergency funding is welcome and urgently needed, but I continue to pray that we can restore our commitment to people living in extreme poverty all over the world: through our commitment to the 0.7% aid expenditure target, we will use them as our neighbors. Love.”
Former musician and Mr. Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof It is “shameful” to say that the government “give up” those who need assistance and need private donors to make up for it.
Sir Boris said: “In order to prevent the fatal consequences of Boris Johnson’s breach of trust, it is shameful for individuals to fill the fatal void where the world’s weakest people are illegally abandoned to their terrible and inevitable fate.”
According to the “Daily Telegraph”, temporary funding for neglected tropical diseases will support the countries most affected by the cuts, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Sudan, and South Africa. Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
The charity told the newspaper that cuts in sexual and reproductive health services and supplies (including contraceptives) are at risk, and said it undermines the government’s established goal of helping girls continue to school.
The Baroness Sague, who resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs in protest against layoffs, added that the withdrawal of contraceptive funds in the UK would lead to unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion, adding that the government “must resume its commitment next year to avoid permanent loss of progress. Thank you The generosity of British taxpayers”.
Kate Hampton, chief executive of the Children’s Investment Fund, told the paper: “We are stepping in so that when the government resumes its commitments next year, the progress made will not be lost.”
