What the UK is doing to fight Ebola
This week new International Development Secretary Rory Stewart has spoken about the UK's work to tackle Ebola in the DRC.
Humanitarian aid
UK’s ongoing response to Cyclone Idai
Media continue to cover UK aid’s response to the devastating Cyclone Idai which has hit millions of people across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
UK aid response to Southern African cyclone
Several media have covered the UK’s response to the devastating cyclone in East Africa which has hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. UK aid pledged on Monday to provide up to £6 million of UK aid to support victims.
Fresh UK aid funding for small charities and humanitarian organisations
Small specialist organisations are to get new UK funding so they can help aid workers on the frontline respond to humanitarian disasters
Penny Mordaunt sets out vision for UK aid post Brexit
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...products that will invest in the Global Goals? Or open an app on their phone, and select which Goals they’d most like to invest in?” The Secretary of State also...
Vital UK aid arrives in Palu
Vital UK aid has been arriving in Palu to help the vulnerable survivors of the earthquake and tsunami which have hit Indonesia.
Update on UK aid’s response to the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia
The UK’s team of five experts have arrived in Jakarta this evening, and will immediately begin work on helping to co-ordinate the international response. An additional humanitarian expert has deployed today to provide further support.
The work of UK aid in Syria
As the second largest bilateral donor to the humanitarian response in Syria since 2011, UK aid is at the forefront of the humanitarian response
Daily Mail on doubling the use of cash transfers in developing countries
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The Daily Mail today (Saturday 4 August) reports that the UK is to double its funding of a scheme that gives cash and debit card payments directly to needy families in developing countries. This is based on a commitment The Department For …
Penny Mordaunt on working closely with the Ministry of Defence and doing our bit for Commonwealth Veterans
...“defence, diplomacy and development are inter-reliant on each other”. She highlighted a “new approach” that involves much more explicit co-designed and co-funded projects between the Department for International Development (DFID)...