Charities in overseas fund plea; AID AGENCIES.IRISH aid agencies yesterday joined forces to appeal to the Government not to cut overseas aid in the forthcoming mini-Budget. Humanitarian workers fear the world's most vulnerable people will die if any more funding is taken from their books. Dochas, the umbrella group of Ireland's Development NGOs, said the Irish Aid budget has been slashed slash v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr. 1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. by EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 155million - 17 per cent - over the last eight months. Noel Wardick of the Irish Red Cross said any loss of income will have an immediate and direct impact on the poorest people on earth. He added:"There is a concern Irish Aid might be seen as a soft touch, but these cuts are real and are extremely damaging." |
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