Case studies provide real-life examples of our policies in practice. You can search the case studies below to find examples of how individuals and communities benefit on the ground from our fight against poverty.
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School with no excuses
09 February 2010
Since the installation of new toilet facilities Edna Phiri's school in Malawi smells better and attendance, including her own, has jumped.
A better future for Sierra Leone’s youth
DFID supported programme tackles youth exclusion and HIV and AIDS
DFID Partnerships: Carrying vaccines to Ethiopia's rural poor
08 February 2010
Ajebush, 18, delivers lifesaving vaccines to her neighbours
Learning livestock for a new life
04 February 2010
How a UKaid-supported project is giving marginalised women the chance to build new lives.
One man’s fight to save the forest in Ecuador
03 February 2010
Alfonso Wajuyata is taking a stand against illegal loggers
India: let there be light
02 February 2010
Community is sharing the benefits of solar power
Carpets in Kabul
28 January 2010
Former exile now has her own successful business in Afghanistan's capital
Midwives save others and themselves in Pakistan
26 January 2010
Midwives aim to help reduce 15,000 annual death toll from pregnancy or childbirth
Safe to return
20 January 2010
Families forced to flee by war are returning to mine-free homes
Let's talk about sex in Nigeria
13 January 2010
Ex-soldier and HIV sufferer now helps others face the virus in a positive way
Net benefit: how UKaid is saving millions of lives from malaria
12 January 2010
How UKaid is saving lives from malaria by providing 50 million bednets by 2013.
Headteacher clear on community council benefits in Kabul
11 January 2010
Schools are just one beneficiary of Afghanistan's community-led National Solidarity Programme
School rises from rubble to teach in tents
Tents put up by British soldiers have restored education for children in Helmand
Rations and child screening make for healthier picture in Eritrea
08 January 2010
Children and pregnant women are getting crucial food rations to stave off malnutrition
Action against hunger with milk and millet in Mali
07 January 2010
Emergency food rations for thousands of drought-affected Malians
Life-saving nutrition programme saves families in Madagascar
06 January 2010
Therapeutic food packets are bringing children back from the brink of starvation
Bridging ethnic divides to reach the classroom in Vietnam
DFID-funded programme is helping children from ethnic minorities get to school
Aceh: women soldiers get down to business
30 December 2009
Former women soldiers are tackling a range of businesses, thanks to a livelihoods programme
Tsunami - five years on: shelter after the storm
22 December 2009
Transitional shelters gave thousands of people a base on which to rebuild their lives
Nursing children back to health in Mali
17 December 2009
Late rains and flooding makes growing crops almost impossible