Across Canada: Mali: Fleeing a desperate circumstance

Notes: "The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is contributing $20,000 to ACT Alliance's aid for people in Mali who are fleeing armed conflict after a military coup in March 2012. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that 380,000 people have left northern Mali since the start of the conflict, with 230,000 internally displaced and 150,000 fleeing as refugees to Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso and Algeria. PWRDF noted in a statement that the refugees are straining resources in host communities, which are recovering from a food crisis in 2012. 'Water, food, shelter and medical care are needed immediately'." [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF); Mali - Politics and government - 1991-; Refugees - Mali; Refugees - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Action by Churches Together (ACT)