NGOs warn Govt to keep aid promise
Irish aid agencies are calling on the Government not to target overseas aid in next month's emergency Budget.
In a letter to the Taoiseach, 66 different NGOs are reminding Brian Cowen of Ireland's promise to direct 0.7% of the country's GDP to foreign aid programmes by 2012.
They say if we stray from that promise now, we are showing the world we cannot keep our word.
The World Bank predicts that 400,000 more children a year will die each year if the recession gets any worse.
