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  • DFID Research: Building local disaster risk management capacity

    The IFRC, with support from DFID, is commissioning new research on the most effective approaches to building capacity for better disaster risk management

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Keeping people, economies and potatoes healthy

    An educational video looks at the work undertaken by the International Potato Centre in Lima, Peru.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: PhD Studentship on the impact of Evidence Aid

    A new PhD studentship, at Queen's University Belfast, looks at the effects of Evidence Aid on decision-making in public health disaster situations.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Greening: We must break the cycle of food shortages in Western Africa

    Emergency relief for the most vulnerable people in Mali and the West African Sahel region

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Support for Burma's displaced and vulnerable people

    Humanitarian support for people displaced by violence and threatened by approaching storms

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • FAO assessment of the impact of famine in Somalia

    International Development Secretary comments on FAO report that additional 260,000 people died in 2010-2012 crisis

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK calls for 'disaster-proofing' earthquake prone countries

    Best approach to humanitarian disasters is to build resilience, says UK Minister Justine Greening

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Emergency British food aid for those hit by hunger crisis in West Africa

    The UK will provide food relief for 330,000 children and refugees facing the threat of hunger

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Charity move provides essential training for airborne medics

    Airborne medics from 16 Medical Regiment have practised providing essential humanitarian assistance by helping a charity move premises.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Disasters Emergency Committee Syria Crisis Appeal

    Response to the launch of the DEC Syria Crisis Appeal

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • World must make good on promises to Syria

    International donors must deliver the humanitarian help they have pledged, says International Development Secretary

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Yemen: Life-saving help for a million people a year

    The UK will provide life-saving assistance to 1 million people a year in Yemen

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Disasters: New technology fund for humanitarian innovation

    The UK will set up a new fund to back mobile, text and other innovative technologies which can be used to help those hit by humanitarian crises

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Alan Duncan: Statement on Syria

    Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan makes a statement on Syria following the Syria Humanitarian Forum in Geneva today

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Overview of UK aid for the crisis in Mali and the Sahel region

    The UK has been taking the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Mali very seriously and has ensured that it is providing early, pro-active funds to support the vital operations of aid agencies across the Sahel in 2013.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • FCO Minister calls on Chad to arrest Sudanese President

    Mark Simmonds has called on the Government of Chad to meet its international obligations and arrest President Bashir of Sudan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Mali: Food, water and medical care for those hit by fighting

    The UK will provide essential medical supplies, clean water and support to families forced from their homes as a result of the conflict in Mali.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Solomon Islands: Humanitarian aid for tsunami-hit islanders

    The UK will provide emergency shelter and access to emergency water and sanitation to those affected in the Solomon Islands

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Somalia: UK to help build democratic government

    Britain will help Somalia to establish a new government and federal parliament, as well as providing aid to help fight the food crisis

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Syria: UK doubles funding and urges others to act

    The UK has more than doubled its funding to the Syrian refugee crisis as International Development Secretary Justine Greening warned that the conflict is placing an impossible humanitarian and financial toll on Syrians and o…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government