Case studies

Last night an SMS saved my life

21 December 2010

How an innovative texting service is helping mothers and babies in Rwanda

The gift of two rabbits

20 December 2010

How a Zimbabwean grandmother can send her grandchildren to school thanks to these rabbits

Carrie Netting talks about her work for DFID in Afghanistan

10 December 2010

DFID's Growth and Livelihoods adviser in Afghanistan talks about her work

Gender violence in Pakistan

10 December 2010

Today marks the end of "16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence" - an awareness raising campaign which runs each year from 25 November, International Day Against Violence Against Women, up to 10 December, International Human Rights Day.

Adaptation against the odds: enabling communities to cope with climate change

10 December 2010

The NGO Practical Action, funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development, is highlighting its work with a photo exhibition of images looking at how families in developing countries are coping with climate change.

Technology to tackle corruption

09 December 2010

This World Anti-Corruption Day, see how a new mobile technology is helping to clean up salary payments to Afghan police officers.

Nepal: a future for people and forests

07 December 2010

How UKaid from DFID is helping rural communities in Nepal adapt to the effects of climate change by better management of the forest and its resources

Unite to fight AIDS

01 December 2010

Young people take action to prevent new infections and support HIV positive people

"If I help one person, to me that is a success"

01 December 2010

How George is helping to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS

"Access to treatment is access to life"

01 December 2010

How Bonani in Zimbabwe is fighting stigma and discrimination to HIV and AIDS

A chance to plan for the future

01 December 2010

Finding out her HIV positive status helped Esnart get her life back on track

A restless determination to make things better

01 December 2010

How young people in Uganda are tackling HIV and AIDS

River of hope: adapting to a changing climate in Mozambique

29 November 2010

The Zambezi Floodplain Management programme, delivered by Save the Children and funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development (DFID), is helping farming communities in Mozambique adapt to the effects of climate change.

A generation free of HIV

25 November 2010

How DFID is helping to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies in Zimbabwe

Helping HIV positive mothers have HIV negative children

22 November 2010

A DFID funded project is helping to increase the number of HIV negative babies that are born in South Africa

Sleeping safely under bednets

12 November 2010

How a DFID funded project in Kenya is protecting millions of people from malaria

First steps towards a new home

29 October 2010

How DFID is working with Save the Children to help victims of the Pakistan floods

Surviving the floods: getting through each day

25 October 2010

How UKaid funded relief packages have helped families move back to their villages

People count in Ghana

19 October 2010

UKaid supports Ghana's 2010 population and housing census which will provide vital information on the population

Measuring poverty in Malawi

19 October 2010

DFID has joined with partners in Malawi to survey over 12,000 households to get an up-to-date picture of the country's progress towards MDG 1