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German Diaspora Aid in the Post-War and its Meaning for Today.

by Sean Eedy

In the current climate surrounding the refugee crisis in Europe, the European Union is struggling not only with the relocation of these refugees, but also with feeding and housing these refugees and who should pay for it all.  At the moment, Germany seems to be the preferred destination of the majority of these refugees and, given the relative economic strength of Germany in Europe and their leading position in EU affairs and institutions, this may perhaps be the most tenable situation.  Germany has a system in place to resettle these refugees across the state in proportion to the ability of each Laend to sustain them, but this will become taxing on even the strongest economy and requires the aid of supranational institutions and NGOs.  This migrant crisis and the accompanying stresses on German infrastructure have since sparked resurgence in Neo-Nazi activity even before the November 2015 attacks in Paris and Beirut.

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Virtual Visit to the Offices of the Canadian Hunger Foundation on the Eve of its Closing, August 2015

Carleton PhD candidate Will Tait visited the CHF building just before it closed. Click here for slide show:

House of the Canadian Hunger Foundation, Chapel street, Ottawa

And here is the post announcing the closing.  Here is an article in Embassy on the forces that lead to the closing: “Anatomy if an NGO closure“.

Library and Archives Canada hold the CHF fonds.  Here is the Description of the fonds. They will collect the remaining archives.  The CNHH is working with them on a project to rescue and identify a large collection of unidentified pictures.

The Freedom from Hunger Project commemorates some of their history.

And Matthew Bunch, member of the network and historian, wrote his doctoral thesis on the topic:  “All Roads Lead to Rome: Canada, the Freedom From Hunger Campaign, and the Rise of NGOs, 1960-1980“, University of Waterloo, 2007.  He has posted “A Short History of the Canadian Hunger Foundation” on this website.

My Visit to Plan Canada’s Head Offices in Toronto

By Carlos Uriel Contreras Flores

 

Hello,

In this post I will let you know my experience in Toronto at the offices of Plan Canada, a visit I made last week.

Some weeks ago, Professor Dominique Marshall asked me to check some irreplaceable documents that Plan Canada had in their offices in Toronto, and that are part of the historical archives of the organization. These are basically letters and photo albums of some of their most important and lasting donors and sponsors.

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