Full Coverage: Aid

31.08.2005 Britain's Department for International Development is accused of spending UK aid money on a public relations campaign to pursue a privatisation agenda in Sierra Leone.

30.08.2005 A senior United Nations official has accused US President George Bush of "doing damage to Africa" by cutting funding for condoms, a move which may jeopardise the successful fight against HIV and Aids in Uganda.

30.08.2005 The UK government was on Sunday blasted by development agencies for blowing £700,000 of a £3m relief project meant for Malawi—a country plagued by drought, HIV/AIDS, and a disastrous economy—on hotel bills and meals for U.S. consultants.

30.08.2005 Every day 30,000 children die due to preventable illness and malnutrition. From September 14-16, world leaders will be meeting in New York to discuss the MDGs. The Millennium Campaign urges you to take one of three actions and lend your support to the 30,000 Campaign against poverty.

29.08.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 29 (OneWorld) - The Ugandan government said Monday it had condoms aplenty even as a top United Nations envoy and U.S.-based activists charged that a U.S. emphasis on promoting abstinence was jeopardizing the East African country's previously successful efforts to fight HIV/AIDS.

29.08.2005 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on his maiden visit to Afghanistan, has increased India's assistance to Afghanistan to $550 million. The visit, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 29 years, will also promote regional cooperation through trade and people-to-people contact.

29.08.2005 Uganda's anti-condom campaign coupled with the U.S. government shifting global AIDS funding from prevention to abstinence-only programs, are causing acute shortages of condoms in the country, and endangering Uganda's previously successful prevention efforts, says the Center for Health and Gender Equity.

26.08.2005 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called for an investigation after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria suspended all its grants to Uganda due to "evidence of serious mismanagement" of funds.

24.08.2005 Ninety percent of Zimbabwean children affected by the government's home demolition campaign remain in school, said UNICEF Tuesday, and called on international assistance to support parentsÂ’ efforts to keep their children enrolled in school in the face of harsh economic realities.

23.08.2005 The false claims by Western leaders at the recent G8 meeting will probably condemn the forthcoming UN "millennium summit" to be an expensive failure, argues Mark Curtis.

23.08.2005 With materials provided by SudanAid, displaced women in Dereig camp, West Darfur weave and sell prayer and bed mats, allowing them to buy food and supplies for their children who attend the campÂ’s UNICEF school.

22.08.2005 Pendant tout le mois d'août 2005, donnez votre cellulaire à tout magasin The Body Shop basé au Canada. The Body Shop va le vendre à une compagnie qui les remet à neuf ou les recycle au profit de la Fondation canadienne des femmes. Chaque don produira environ 5$ à investir dans la prévention de la violence.

22.08.2005 Two international campaign groups have produced an online game to help increase pressure on the EU to give more aid for water and sanitation. Play the game and see how much EU money you can collect.

22.08.2005 Two leading international NGOs have joined forces to call on the UK government to use its European Union presidency to step up aid for water and sanitation.

22.08.2005 Pirates off the Somali coast are still holding a ship chartered by the UN World Food Programme, 10 crew, and 850 tons of rice for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, despite an agreement for their release.

22.08.2005 The chronic poverty of Palestinians living in Gaza will only worsen as further restrictions are imposed on them during the disengagement period, said CARE last week, and urged the international community to recognize the ongoing needs of the many poor villagers and farmers in the area for essential services.

22.08.2005 Stating that tsunami survivors in central Somalia have been ‘neglected by aid agencies,’ pirates who hijacked a WFP food aid ship seven weeks ago have rejected an earlier agreement to release the ship’s cargo and crew, and continue to demand that the food aid be distributed in their community.

19.08.2005 Donor countries are making decisions now concerning their contributions to the Global Fund which is facing significant shortfalls for 2005. The Global Health Council asks you to support replenishment of the Global Fund by signing the international appeal for increased and adequate funding by August 20.

17.08.2005 Highlighting the United Nations World Food Day on 16 October, FoodAid supports Concern Worldwide's work in 29 poor countries, and ties in with schools' harvest activities.

16.08.2005 En décembre 2002, George Bush a établi par le biais d'un décret-loi, n'ayant pas pu effectuer cela par la législature, le White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (Bureau de la Maison Blanche pour les initiatives communautaires et les initiatives en faveur des organisations charitables liées aux groupes religieux) à l'United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (Agence américaine pour le Développement international). Cette initiative permet au gouvernement américain de financer plus facilement des organisations liées aux groupes religieux en ce qui concerne leurs travaux dans les pays en voie de développement, y compris les efforts d'aide et les efforts humanitaires.

Aujourd'hui, 25 % des partenaires USAID sont des organisations liées aux groupes religieux et 385 millions de dollars ont été réservés, au sein du budget américain 2005, aux initiatives communautaires et aux initiatives en faveur des organisations charitables liées aux groupes religieux.