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UK and Australia to help over 200,000 children in Burma to complete basic education
Former UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening pictured meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Senator Bob Carr, London 29 January 2013.
The UK will work with Australia to help over 200,000 children in Burma to complete basic education.
Justine Greening and Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr today announced a new education initiative - the Myanmar Education Consortium (MEC) - which will help over 200,000 children in Burma to complete a quality basic education.
The MEC will work alongside Burma's formal education system to reach children not in the government system. This will include an emergency component to support children whose education has been disrupted by violence such as the ongoing conflicts in Rakine and Kachin states.
The announcement follows a meeting between the British and Australian ministers in London today to discuss international development cooperation between the two countries.
For the full story, please see www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2013/Burma-Joint-support...
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UK and Australia to help over 200,000 children in Burma to complete basic education
Former UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening pictured meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Senator Bob Carr, London 29 January 2013.
The UK will work with Australia to help over 200,000 children in Burma to complete basic education.
Justine Greening and Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr today announced a new education initiative - the Myanmar Education Consortium (MEC) - which will help over 200,000 children in Burma to complete a quality basic education.
The MEC will work alongside Burma's formal education system to reach children not in the government system. This will include an emergency component to support children whose education has been disrupted by violence such as the ongoing conflicts in Rakine and Kachin states.
The announcement follows a meeting between the British and Australian ministers in London today to discuss international development cooperation between the two countries.
For the full story, please see www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2013/Burma-Joint-support...
This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Russell Watkins/DFID'.