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Placidia, 25, cries as she recounts her experience in April 1994. She saw her parents and all six brothers killed in front of her. She knew her killers. They were her neighbours.
Photo credit: Tiggy Ridley
Context:
When Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana was assassinated in April 1994, longstanding ethnic tensions erupted into violence. Around the country, men, women and children were slaughtered on a mass scale. The militias carrying out the killings - usually youths armed with machetes or AK-47s - also used rape as a weapon. Around 500,000 women and girls were sexually assaulted.
By mid-July the violence had been halted, and the long process of recovery began. Today, Rwanda is a more stable country. But poverty - and the human scars from the genocide - remain.
After the events of 1994, the UK was the first country to provide support directly to Rwanda's government. Ever since, it has been at the forefront of the rebuilding work - rebuilding not just state institutions and national infrastructure, but individual lives.
To find out more about how DFID has been helping in Rwanda, please see our feature: Rwanda genocide - 15 years on
X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke recently travelled to the Uganda and visited Mifumi Primary School, Kirewa, to see how Comic Relief and the UK government are working together to change lives.
Alexandra visited the Mifumi project, a domestic violence scheme run by The Common Ground Initiative, which supports organisations that are run by people with strong African heritage.
With support from Comic Relief and UK aid, Mifumi is a domestic violence project which has grown into an incredible force for change.
Staggeringly, up to 68% of Ugandan women have experienced some kind of violence, yet there is very little help available when they need it the most.
That's where Comic Relief and UK aid come in. By funding projects such as Mifumi, we are ensuring women get the support they need to change their lives. Mifumi does everything from providing emergency shelter for women who've escaped abuse to giving ongoing counselling and legal support that sees the abusers brought to justice.
The project also helps women earn an income so they can provide for themselves without relying on a violent partner.
Violence against women and girls is unacceptable, yet it's one of the most widespread violations of human rights worldwide. As many as one in three women experiences violence or abuse at some point in her life.
The Coalition Government is committed to preventing and tackling this violence and, through UK aid, is changing lives by helping thousands of women improve their personal security and access justice.
To find out more, read Alexandra's blog about her trip to Uganda: blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2011/11/international-day-for-the-elimi...
Picture © Comic Relief/Des Willie
Aerial view of the Dahla Dam. On January 11, 2009, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, launched the next phase of Canada’s Dahla Dam Signature Project in Afghanistan. She met in Kandahar’s Arghandab Valley with the Governor of Kandahar, Tooryalai Wesa, and representatives of the SNC-Lavalin/Hydrosult joint venture, the firm selected to lead repair efforts to Dahla Dam. / Vue aérienne du barrage Dahla. Le 11 janvier 2009, l'honorable Beverley J. Oda, ministre de la Coopération internationale, a lancé la prochaine phase du projet de premier plan du Canada relatif au barrage Dahla en Afghanistan. Dans la vallée d’Arghandab (province de Kandahar), elle a rencontré le gouverneur de la province de Kandahar, Tooryalai Wesa, ainsi que les représentants de la coentreprise SNC-Lavalin/Hydrosult, la firme retenue pour diriger les travaux de réfection du barrage Dahla. © CIDA/ACDI : Michel Huneault
HALOs work this year in the north west area of Islam Qala, Afghanistan has seen them clear mines close to cultivated lands.
The Mujahedin took up mobile positions along the border and laid metal anti-tank mines across a wide area.
For more on DFID's work on de-mining visit www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2009/Landmine-cle...
Image credit: HALO Trust
Impressions from Nicaragua...
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Sudan suffered a bitter civil war between the North and the South of the country for 21 years. The fighting took place across the South, causing millions to flee into Uganda and to the North, around Khartoum. The civil war ended in 2005, and although the situation is still volatile, people are slowly trickling back to homelands left in ruins and are having to re-build their lives from scratch. Roads are in disrepair, there is no mains electricity, no running water, few schools and inadequate medical help. A whole generation of Sudanese people are uneducated.
The appalling insecurity and persecution in Darfur, in Western Sudan, continues to force people to flee, many to Khartoum.
IRT is supporting a number of small projects to help the people re-establish their lives, particularly women and children.
For more information on our projects in Sudan, see www.irt.org.uk/sudan
Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics, Sir Angus Deaton, joins ODI in conversation on global poverty, inequality and aid.
Date: 12.07.2016
Credit: Carl Bigmore
Meenakshi Dewan, 20, brings something very special to her home in Orissa, India: electricity.
She is one of four women in her village trained in solar power engineering with DFID’s help. Between them, the “barefoot” engineers of Tinginaput have brought electric light to their community and a new path for development.
The UK's aid in India is focussed on the poorest people in three low-income states - Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa - reinforcing the deep, productive partnerships we have built over the last decade.
Photo © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development
Meenakshi Dewan tends to maintenance work on the solar street lighting in her village of Tinginaput, India. Huge pylons run across these hills, supplying power to the big cities – but rural areas like this are not connected to the main grid.
The use of clean energy sources like solar power will be key to minimise the impact on climate change while meeting the growing demand.
The UK's aid in India is focussed on the poorest people in three low income states - Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa - reinforcing the deep, productive partnerships we have built over the last decade.
To find out more about how we're helping to reduce poverty and improve the lives of some of the poorest people in India, please visit:
Photo © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development
A young Fulani boy wraps a turban around his head in traditional nomadic fashion. The turban protects from the harsh dust and wind of the Harmattan season. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Photo of a Fulani woman wearing traditional silver jewelry in the village of Diagourou, near Tera in western Niger.
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Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics, Sir Angus Deaton, joins ODI in conversation on global poverty, inequality and aid.
Date: 12.07.2016
Credit: Carl Bigmore
“We’ve heard that the weather is changing – it’s certainly got much hotter here since I was a child,” says Meenakshi Dewan, one of Tinginaput’s “barefoot” solar engineers.
Her effort to bring solar power to the area is already having a wider, positive impact. Now there is solar lighting, many villagers can move away from traditional oil lamps which burn kerosene – saving them money, and helping to reduce carbon emissions.
The UK's aid in India is focussed on the poorest people in three low income states - Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa - reinforcing the deep, productive partnerships we have built over the last decade.
To find out more about how we're helping to reduce poverty and improve the lives of some of the poorest people in India, please visit:
Photo © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development
Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics, Sir Angus Deaton, joins ODI in conversation on global poverty, inequality and aid.
Date: 12.07.2016
Credit: Carl Bigmore
Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics, Sir Angus Deaton, joins ODI in conversation on global poverty, inequality and aid.
Date: 12.07.2016
Credit: Carl Bigmore
Sept. 27, 2015
New York City, NY
The USAID Signature Event highlighted the strategic and transformational partnerships through which the global community can end extreme poverty, complete the unfinished business of the MDGs, and achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Complemented by a “Marketplace for Entrepreneurs and Innovators,” the event featured presentations from USAID partners who have achieved ground-breaking results (or who have shown the potential to achieve transformational results) and individuals who have benefited from these partnerships.
Photos by Ellie Van Houtte, USAID
Sept. 27, 2015
New York City, NY
The USAID Signature Event highlighted the strategic and transformational partnerships through which the global community can end extreme poverty, complete the unfinished business of the MDGs, and achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Complemented by a “Marketplace for Entrepreneurs and Innovators,” the event featured presentations from USAID partners who have achieved ground-breaking results (or who have shown the potential to achieve transformational results) and individuals who have benefited from these partnerships.
Photos by Ellie Van Houtte, USAID
The Rohingyas are a persecuted ethnic and religious minority from Myanmar, and the groups in Cox's Bazar fled that persecution in 1991 to live in Bangladesh. Austcare works with these refugees in two camps in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
Photo by Ruben Flamarique/Austcare
See Ruben's full 'Letter from the Field', August 2008
See further information on life in the Nayapara camp on ReliefWeb
Sept. 27, 2015
New York City, NY
The USAID Signature Event highlighted the strategic and transformational partnerships through which the global community can end extreme poverty, complete the unfinished business of the MDGs, and achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Complemented by a “Marketplace for Entrepreneurs and Innovators,” the event featured presentations from USAID partners who have achieved ground-breaking results (or who have shown the potential to achieve transformational results) and individuals who have benefited from these partnerships.
Photos by Ellie Van Houtte, USAID