No more aid cuts
No More Aid Cuts
The devastating cuts made by the government to overseas aid in the past number of months will have appalling consequences for millions of people in countries where our help can make the difference between life and death.
The amount of money given internationally to bail out banks in the past year is ten times greater than all development assistance provided to poor countries in the last 50 years.
The Irish government has slashed the overseas aid budget for 2009 by 24%.
Ireland’s aid is making a real difference to people in the developing world. Take this action and tell our government you are disappointed that the government has cut Ireland's overseas aid budget by a further €25m. The government must keep its promise to the world’s poor by spending just 0.7% of our national income on overseas aid by 2012.
More on how aid cuts are hurting the world's poorest.
