The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) provides the basis of Switzerland’s foreign aid strategy. The country’s foreign aid strategy 2020-23 focuses on building peace and security, prosperity, and sustainability and digitalization.

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Switzerland’s foreign aid to Ukraine will double by the end of 2023, about USD $104 million. Switzerland’s support of Ukraine coincides with its foreign aid strategy to build peace and security for people around the world.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, many American companies placed sanctions on Russia in support of Ukraine.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, American businesses opened up firms in Russia. The economy improved, especially in recent years. In 2018, the poverty rate was 12.6, and the World Bank Staff estimated that the poverty line will decrease to 3.5% in 2021.

But with the sanctions in place, Vladimir Putin’s former chief of economics Andrei Illarionov predicted that the poverty level in Russia will increase. He said to the BBC, “We’ll probably see doubling on the number of those people, maybe even tripling.”

Harvesting rainwater is collecting and storing rainwater for future use. The rainwater can be used for drinking, bathing or cleaning. Because about 2.2 billion people around the world still lack clean water, harvesting rainwater has become essential in collecting clean water. In India, about 54% of the subcontinent faces an extreme lack of clean water.

Child trafficking is prevalent around the world, but it is more so in Haiti. As of 2021, the U.S. Department of State ranked Haiti in the Tier 2 Watch List for human trafficking. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Haitian government has struggled with combating the exploitation of children in domestic servitude or restavek. However, several organizations have been advocating and doing what they can to prevent child trafficking.

Like in so many other countries, disability and poverty in the United Kingdom is rampant. However, because the UK is not considered a developing country, the disabled are often overlooked. About 14.6 million people in the UK are considered disabled. The Equality Act of 2010 defines disability if one has “a physical and mental impairment for a substantial and long-term negative effect on one’s ability to perform daily activities.”