The world is facing a 25-year peak in violent conflict. An adolescent is killed by an act of violence every seven minutes somewhere in the world. Only 1% of global foreign assistance goes to programs that target violence reduction and peacebuilding. https://www.mercycorps.org/petition/tell-congress-invest-ending-violence …
Violence containment costs $14.3 trillion/year, yet a tiny fraction of foreign assistance goes to conflict prevention (@GlobPeaceIndex). We need to flip the switch, starting with a coherent plan to #EndViolenceNow https://www.mercycorps.org/petition/tell-congress-invest-ending-violence …
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What are the world’s most peaceful nations? That’s a question Steve Killelea – one of Australia’s biggest individual overseas aid donors – asked himself while visiting a war-torn region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a bit over a decade ago.https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/crunching-the-numbers-on-global-peace-20180316-p4z4ry.html …
