News stories

Project to fight poverty and climate change in Bangladesh

18 March 2010

International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander announced today that a new phase of a ground breaking project in Bangladesh to fight poverty and combat climate change will start in April.

DFID Minister welcomes release of aid worker in Sudan

18 March 2010

International Development Minister Gareth Thomas has welcomed the release today of aid worker Gauthier Lefevre, who was kidnapped in Sudan’s Darfur region.

UK support to tackle extreme poverty in Zambia

18 March 2010

69,000 households in Zambia will be helped out of extreme poverty by 2019 thanks to an expanded social protection programme that will receive £38 million from DFID over the next ten years.

Help for cyclone-hit Fiji

17 March 2010

The Department for International Development will provide £100,000 to the Fijian Red Cross to help with the immediate disaster relief efforts.

Support to the peace process in Nepal

17 March 2010

DFID today committed £5 million (550 million NRS) in UKaid to be spent through the Nepal Peace Trust Fund (NPTF) in support of the peace process in Nepal.

DFID stops direct funding to Ministry of Education in Kenya

16 March 2010

UK stops direct funding to the Ministry of Education in Kenya, but remains committed to supporting education

DFID joins World Bank to cut road deaths

16 March 2010

DFID has joined the World Bank’s initiative to combat an escalating crisis of road deaths and injuries in developing countries.

Advice to developing countries on paying for healthcare

15 March 2010

The Centre for Progressive Health Financing, announced by the Secretary of State at DFID’s Agenda 2010 conference on 11 March, will help countries remove the financial barriers faced by the poor in accessing quality health services.

Building peaceful states and societies

12 March 2010

New drive to tackle malnutrition in 12 million children

11 March 2010

A new fight against malnutrition is being launched by The Department for International Development (DFID), focussing on the six countries that are home to half of all undernourished children under five in the world.

UK calls for bold new plan to get MDGs back on track

11 March 2010

The UK will press world leaders to agree to an ambitious action plan to get the Millennium Development Goals back on track to be achieved by 2015, Douglas Alexander said today.

Saving lives in Nepal

11 March 2010

UKaid will help save the lives of more than 45,000 people, including many mothers and their babies, by supporting Nepal’s health services for the next five years.

New climate network to link developing countries

11 March 2010

A climate and development initiative linking over 60 of the world’s poorest countries will be managed by an alliance led by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, it was announced at the Agenda 2010 (DFID) annual conference today.

Express delivery in Madhya Pradesh

10 March 2010

Free ambulance service is helping pregnant women give birth more safely

UK announces additional aid for Somalia

10 March 2010

The UK will provide humanitarian aid to help Somalia provide emergency food, clean water and medicine for 3.2 million people, International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander announced today.

Support for businesses in developing countries

10 March 2010

Gareth Thomas launches the Business Innovation Facility, a new facility to support the role of business in developing countries

Extra UK funding for development in Helmand

09 March 2010

UK reinforces its commitment to build basic services

UK help for South Africa's drive to reduce HIV infections

09 March 2010

Gareth Thomas announces £1 million towards one billion condoms

UK sends tents for Chilean families

09 March 2010

The UK is sending 600 tents for Chilean families who have been left homeless following the 8.8 magnitude earthquake.

Welsh community groups urged to act on global poverty

08 March 2010

Community groups including scout troops, Women’s Institutes and church groups across Wales will be offered support to develop their links with communities in some of the world’s poorest countries, thanks to a programme launched today.