CAFOD Reacts to G8 Summit

(29 Jun 10 - RV) International Catholic development agency CAFOD has expressed disappointment over this past weekend’s G8 summit in Canada.
The Group of Eight nations failed to acknowledge that the meeting fell $18 billion short of a $50 billion pledge to double aid to poor countries by 2010.Head of Policy at CAFOD, Gwen Barry, says the current global financial crisis only augments the need for donor countries to fulfil aid pledges...