Case studies

Barefoot solar engineers: The trainer's story

30 October 2009

Barefoot solar engineers: The trainee's story

30 October 2009

Clean water makes for good living in Uganda

15 October 2009

How clean flowing water has transformed life in a Ugandan town

Fertile soil secures food in Zimbabwe

09 October 2009

A farming technique that helps to enrich soil is providing guaranteed food to thousands of Zimbabweans

Afghan farmers sow seeds of better future

14 September 2009

Afghan farmers are feeling the benefits of a DFID horticulture and livestock programme

Standing up for Kenya's taxpayers

02 September 2009

In his quest to fight corruption, taxpayers' champion Onyango Nyakoni has visited many "ghost projects" - victims of embezzled public funds

India’s hungriest state switches on

11 August 2009

After suffering years of power shortages, the people of Madhya Pradesh are beginning to see the benefits of a reliable power supply

Uganda’s bamboo farmers turn over a new leaf

11 August 2009

After receiving training in new farming methods, Eldad Bakeringire found he could earn as much as, in his words, "an educated person"

HIV services on the move in Ghana

06 August 2009

Close to death with a mystery illness, Cecilia was sent to a prayer camp to see out her final days. Then she came across an unexpected lifeline

HIV no barrier to doing business in Zimbabwe

29 July 2009

Julia Banda has learnt that being HIV-positive is no bar to earning an income

Fighting corruption to save forests in Honduras

29 July 2009

How two farmers have fought back against the corruption that robbed them of their livelihoods - and won

Working through the UN to feed Rwanda's hunger for knowledge

18 June 2009

Action to cut drop-out rates in Rwandan schools

Bringing power to Nigeria’s people

16 June 2009

Ever tried running a business with only one hour of electricity a day? Iron-bender Badamasi Maiwada has

When the rubber doesn't hit the road in Indonesia

18 May 2009

How falling world car sales are hitting "rubber tappers" in Indonesia's rainforests

Malawi's poor see benefits of debt cancellation

15 May 2009

Since Malawi's foreign debt was cancelled in 2006, more money has been availble to spend on poverty reduction. Families like Limbikani and Linile's have seen the difference

Fashioning better health in Lesotho

13 May 2009

How HIV-positive workers in Lesotho's garment factories are staying healthy

Made in Palestine: High quality tools for the construction industry

07 May 2009

Grants are helping Palestinian manufacturers to break into new markets

Nigeria gears up to roll back malaria

24 April 2009

Fatima, 31, is the mother of five young children, two of whom have already died of malaria. She lives in Kuki village in Kano state in northern Nigeria, 25 kilometres from the nearest town, at the end of a road that is impassable during the rainy season.

Free nets fight malaria in Kenya

24 April 2009

When pregnant women in Kenya's malaria hot-spots visit their local clinics, as well as the usual help and advice they get something extra: a net that keeps out malaria-carrying mosquitoes

Helping Pakistan's flooded farmers

23 April 2009

Jhal Magsi was just one of the ten flood-hit districts in the centre of Balochistan province. The district is twice the size of Yorkshire (5336 sq km) and home to more than 100,000 people