Development cooperation and humanitarian aid need realignment and stable financing

Terre des Hommes and Welthungerhilfe have published the Compass 2025, analyzing German development policy. They conclude that development cooperation and humanitarian aid are facing significant upheavals and changes. Despite great needs, funding for humanitarian aid and the fight against poverty and hunger was massively cut last year. In addition, there are increasingly critical debates about the purpose and impact of development cooperation. The German government should view international cooperation as a driver for joint solutions – in the interests of the global South and North.

"Food protection and the development of rural spaces have to be focused on and in particular the poorest countries (LDCs). In countries such as Afghanistan, Burundi or Liberia, hunger and poverty are particularly high and the funds from development cooperation are decisive. African Union's initiatives actively supported and redesigned the nutritional system and to consolidate the decisive role of local non -governmental organizations through reliable access to financing, ”emphasizes Mathias Mogge, General Secretary of Welthungerhilfe.

"In 2024, for the first time in five years, Germany failed to meet the internationally agreed target of 0.7 percent of gross national income for development cooperation. The upcoming federal budget will allocate even less funding for development cooperation and humanitarian aid. This would be a disastrous step for millions of children and families whose survival depends on medical care or access to food," explains Joshua Hofert, spokesperson for Terre des Hommes . "This particularly affects children living in poverty and crisis areas. Almost 500 million children experience the consequences of wars and armed conflicts every day, and 85 million of them do not attend school. Child malnutrition is rising significantly, and child marriage and the recruitment of children by criminal organizations are on the rise. Substantial investments in peacebuilding, humanitarian aid, and development cooperation are urgently needed."

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The "Compass 2025" is the further development of the annual report on "The Reality of Development Policy," which Terre des Hommes and Welthungerhilfe have been publishing since 1993. It continues to subject German development policy to a critical analysis, but particularly takes into account the requirements of the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in 2015, for German policy.

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