Aga Khan

Food price crisis makes effective development aid all the more needed

With sky-rocketing food prices eroding the gains made by tens of millions of people who have been edging themselves and their families out of abject poverty, practical help has never been more needed.

And Canada's small but vibrant Ismaili Muslim community has few peers when it comes to providing practical help to poorer countries, where many of their number have their roots. They are generous with both their time and their money, and hard-nosed about getting good value — i.e. demonstrable gains the the fight against mass poverty — for the money they spend. With sky-rocketing food prices eroding the gains made by tens of millions of people who have been edging themselves and their families... more

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