Rapports

A longtime supporter of Direct Relief International's ongoing humanitarian aid and emergency response efforts, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has generously assigned $15,000 in emergency funding to support the organization's response to the deadly bombings July 11 in Kampala, Uganda. The funds…

Parents in the Kangemi slum near Nairobi used to spend $450 a month on the firewood used to cook their children's school meals. Now they spend less than a quarter of that thanks to a new fuel-efficient stove that's…

03 Jul 2010 13:47:41 GMT By Sahra Abdi NAIROBI, July 3 (Reuters) - About half of school-age children in the southern Somali port town of Kismayu are ditching classes to join rebels fighting to topple a fragile government, teachers said. They are…

MBABANE, 11 May 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - Mobile clinics for HIV patients have been benefiting entire communities in rural Swaziland, but tight budgets have scuppered plans to expand the project, or even sustain a fleet of just two vehicles. "Whatever financial…

NAIROBI, 11 May 2010 (IRIN) - The removal of landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Sudan will grind to a halt next month unless money is found to keep operations going, especially around Malakal in Upper…

02 May 2010 20:40:04 GMT * Angry investors protest over collapsed "Ponzi scheme" * At least four killed, 30-40 wounded -aid sources * Police say crowd backed by "armed movements" (Adds police comments) By Andrew Heavens KHARTOUM, May 2 (Reuters) - At least four people died…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND The Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) has taken the decision to rollout in 2009 a national social cash transfer scheme (SCTS) to cover the whole country by 2012. Thus far, social cash transfer schemes are…

Preparing for the worst Under the Productive Safety Net programme (PSNP), launched by the Ethiopian government in 2005 and backed by DFID, people receive cash and food in exchange for work. Tasks focus on improving public facilities, such as: - roads - water…

Anna McCord Key points - Donor enthusiasm, rather than government impetus, drives the growth of cash transfer programming in some countries - Government concerns about fiscal prudence and the risk of dependency are limiting national demand for cash transfer programmes - Government commitment…

Anna McCord Key points - Cash transfer programmes in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia reach only 1-4% of the poor - Targeting is determined largely by donor preferences, and is restrictive, resulting in large exclusion errors - Given low national funding commitments, existing cash…