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New UK aid to help one million Yemenis a year says Duncan [PDF - 123 KB]opens in a new window
25 February 2013
The UK will provide life-saving assistance to one million people a year in Yemen under new plans set out by International Development Minister Alan Duncan today during a visit to Sana’a, the country’s capital.
Disaster technology: UK and US to fund humanitarian innovation [PDF - 107 KB]opens in a new window
21 February 2013
The UK will set up a new fund to back mobile, text and other innovative technologies which can be used to help those hit by humanitarian crises
Featherstone: Britain to help tackle illegal logging [PDF - 195 KB]opens in a new window
07 February 2013
The UK Government is to strengthen its support for improved forest governance and efforts to tackle illegal logging, Lynne Featherstone has announced
Justine Greening asks students to help ‘Shape the Future’ of development [PDF - 172 KB]opens in a new window
06 February 2013
School students will have a chance to tell the Prime Minister what they want to see in new global goals which will help shape the future of development after 2015.
Greening: New UK support as Somalia establishes democratic Government and Parliament [PDF - 120 KB]opens in a new window
04 February 2013
Britain will support Somali parliamentarians as they establish their new Government and Federal Parliament
Greening welcomes international response to UN call for Syrian humanitarian funds [PDF - 103 KB]opens in a new window
30 January 2013
International Development Secretary Justine Greening has welcomed the conference response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, as international donors promised in excess of the $1.5bn UN funding requested at a pledging conference in Kuwait today.
UK doubles funding for Syria crisis as Greening urges international community to act [PDF - 41 KB]opens in a new window
The UK has more than doubled its funding to the Syrian refugee crisis as International Development Secretary Justine Greening warned that the conflict is placing an impossible humanitarian and financial toll on Syrians and on neighbouring countries.
UK to help over 200,000 children in Burma [PDF - 69 KB]opens in a new window
29 January 2013
The UK will work alongside Australia to help over 200,000 children in Burma complete basic education.
Greening: UK to boost working conditions in world’s poorest countries [PDF - 30 KB]opens in a new window
Justine Greening announces new UK aid from Syrian border [PDF - 39 KB]opens in a new window
26 January 2013
Greening leads call for the Commission on the Status for Women to deliver real results [PDF - 110 KB]opens in a new window
21 January 2013
The Development Secretary calls on the international community to ensure this year’s UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) delivers action on tackling violence against women
UK increases aid for Syrians in need this winter [PDF - 117 KB]opens in a new window
21 December 2012
New UK aid to ease the growing humanitarian suffering of the Syrian people as winter sets in
Burma: Further support for Kachin state [PDF - 35 KB]opens in a new window
20 December 2012
Britain will provide additional humanitarian support to those displaced by the ongoing conflict in Kachin State, Burma
Emergency aid for Sahel to reach half a million people [PDF - 118 KB]opens in a new window
The package of UK assistance, will support those families hardest hit by the current food and nutrition crisis
Britain announces humanitarian support for DRC refugees as Greening urges other donors to step up [PDF - 41 KB]opens in a new window
19 December 2012
Britain will help provide emergency health care, education, shelter and safe drinking water for 50,000 refugees in Uganda who have fled conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Britain to help contain Darfur yellow fever outbreak [PDF - 37 KB]opens in a new window
18 December 2012
Britain will support the vaccination of 2 million people in to help contain the worst yellow fever outbreak in 20 years
UK and United Arab Emirates to work together to tackle poverty and respond to humanitarian crises [PDF - 53 KB]opens in a new window
14 December 2012
The move marks a major step forward in building strong working relationships in the field of development with the UAE
New UK medical aid and shelter for 85,000 affected by Gaza conflict [PDF - 120 KB]opens in a new window
11 December 2012
New UK funding will provide medical aid, temporary shelter and help with rebuilding damaged homes for around 85,000 people affected by the recent violence in Gaza
UK challenges donors to do more in drive for aid transparency [PDF - 34 KB]opens in a new window
07 December 2012
International Development Secretary Justine Greening today called on international donors to do more to make their aid delivery more transparent
DFID closes Kosovo office after successful development programme [PDF - 36 KB]opens in a new window
06 December 2012
The Department for International Development has closed its Kosovo office marking the end of its bilateral aid programme in Europe