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Britain to secure world-wide eradication of worm disease [PDF - 93 KB]opens in a new window
05 October 2011
The UK Government is backing the Carter Center in a new project that will see the end of Guinea worm within this decade
Mitchell: Britain to save the lives of thousands of pregnant women
20 September 2011
UK aid will help to save the lives of more than 7,000 pregnant women as part of a drive to cut maternal deaths
Mitchell: October could be 'critical month' in Somalia
As disease threatens thousands of families in Somalia, Andrew Mitchell calls on more funding from countries at the United Nations in New York
Educating one million girls to tackle poverty
19 September 2011
Britain will help up to a million of the poorest girls in the world go to school, the Deputy Prime Minister announced today.
New British support for Libyan mine clearance
15 September 2011
UK aid will help protect people in Libya from the threat of deadly landmines, allowing them to return safely to their homes and businesses
UK ministers meet Belfast schoolchildren
Minister of State Alan Duncan visits schoolchildren in Northern Ireland
New British support to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Libya
27 August 2011
Britain will provide urgent humanitarian support including medical help, food and other basic supplies for thousands of people affected by the conflict in Libya
Mitchell: 400,000 children risk death through starvation in Somalia
17 August 2011
International Development Secretary announces more British aid for drought-stricken Somalia on visit to Mogadishu
British Government to boost public support to charity appeals
15 August 2011
Andrew Mitchell has launched a new scheme that will match public support for charity projects in developing countries pound for pound
British aid reaches drought-stricken region
03 August 2011
Planes and trucks carrying crucial British-backed aid have arrived in some of the most drought-stricken regions in the Horn of Africa, Andrew Mitchell announced today
David Cameron and Andrew Mitchell meet local Somalis to discuss Horn of Africa crisis
22 July 2011
The Prime Minister and Development Secretary met local Somalis today to listen to their concerns about the famine
Mitchell to announce help for 1 million drought victims on camp visit with charity heads
16 July 2011
The UK will provide emergency help for more than a million people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia as the food crisis worsens
Government to suspend general budget support to Malawi
14 July 2011
The UK Government has suspended budget support to Malawi indefinitely from today.
Mitchell: Funding for UK "development awareness" projects will end
13 July 2011
Following an independent review, the Government will not fund any further "development awareness" schemes in the UK
Mitchell welcomes DEC appeal for Horn of Africa
08 July 2011
Andrew Mitchell backed the launch of the DEC's public appeal to help those hit by the food crisis in East Africa.
Britain sets out four year plan to tackle poverty in OPTs
07 July 2011
Britain has set out how it plans to tackle poverty in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) over the next four years
Mitchell: Investing in girls can stop poverty
06 July 2011
By backing UN Women the UK will help improve prospects for millions of the poorest girls and women around the world.
British aid battles starvation in Ethiopia
03 July 2011
Britain will provide emergency food relief for 1.3 million people in Ethiopia as the region faces its worst drought in a decade, Andrew Mitchell said today.
New British drive to help tackle crisis in Yemen
01 July 2011
New emergency humanitarian support from the UK will help to tackle rapidly worsening conditions in Yemen
Statement on the election of the new Director General at FAO
26 June 2011