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Every year Britain gives more than £5bn of taxpayers' money in overseas aid to developing countries through The Department for International Development (DFID)
Corruption scourge
Despite decades of aid, people remain hungry. Mothers bring their malnourished children to hospital for help. In the villages, they are so short of food that they slice up animal skins - normally used as bedding - and cook them up to eat.
Many children don't go to school and there is little or no employment.
click here for video http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8570884.stmEvery year Britain gives more than £5bn of taxpayers' money in overseas aid... more
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Ten years after 156 states signed a convention to rid the world of landmines a UN summit is being held in Cartagena, Colmbia between 30th Nov and 4th Dec 2009. Rwanda will be showcased as one of the few countries to have meet its mine clearing obligations. This film, narrated by veteran war corresponant Kate Adie, shows how Rwanda is dealing with its troubled past.
The 1994 war and genocide in Rwanda had many consequences – economic, political and social. One was the presence of landmines and unexploded ordnance that were scattered throughout the country. It was estimated that 20,000 people lived and worked among minefields and the effect on local communities was devastating.
In 1999 Rwanda along with many other landmine affected countries signed up to Article 5 of the Ottawa Convention – committing to clear their country of landmines by 2010.
The Rwandan people have met this challenge head on and in 2009 the country will be declared landmine free – a year ahead of schedule and one of the only countries to achieve this.
With a never ending cycle of corruption and poverty destroying many African nations from within, the Rwandan landmine clearance success story stands alone as an example to the rest of the world that by using outside aid in a positive and constructive way, anything is possible.Ten years after 156 states signed a convention to rid the world of landmines a UN... more
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Half the world?s hungry people live on small farms. Farming is often their only option, even though many struggle to produce enough food to live on.
Our work on the ground shows that a small amount of help can dramatically transform the lives of the poorest farmers. Given the right support, they have the potential to grow their way out of poverty and hunger, but no one is listening to them. Will you?
Half the world?s hungry people live on small farms. Farming is often their only... more
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Half the world?s hungry people live on small farms. Farming is often their only option, even though many struggle to produce enough food to live on.
Concern Worldwide's work on the ground shows that a small amount of help can dramatically transform the lives of the poorest farmers. Given the right support, they have the potential to grow their way out of poverty and hunger, but no one is listening to them. Will you?
Half the world?s hungry people live on small farms. Farming is often their only... more
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Concern Worldwide is currently running an innovative project as a response to food shortages in Malawi. Hilary Benn, the UK's Secretary of State for International Development (DFID), visited Malawi in February 2007 to see a DFID funded project in action.Concern Worldwide is currently running an innovative project as a response to food... more
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