The Challenges of Poverty

Select an image below to learn about the different challenges of poverty...

The bigger picture

Nelson Mandela

Meeting our Gleneagles commitments

Five years ago, Nelson Mandela called on the world to Make Poverty History

Afghanistan: the London Conference

Helping to secure the future of Afghanistan's people

Photo of a child in Sierra Leone

Be part of the LIFT

Find out how UKaid is helping people to lift themselves out of poverty

DFID in action

Displaced girl in a transit centre, near Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka - humanitarian response

Latest update on DFID's work in Sri Lanka - updated 2 February 2010

Gazan man

Gaza: one year on

Twelve months since the launch of hostilities, see how DFID has been helping Palestinians rebuild their lives and livelihoods

dfid bloggers

The Universal Basic Education Intervention Fund (UBE-IF) established in 2005 is a key initiative to try to channel more of the Nigerian oil revenues directly to States to spend on schooling: classrooms, books and teacher training. Early implementation was plagued by fund flow hitches, corruption allegations and poor performance...

Ian Attfield

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Education Adviser