Donors have secured new commitments of up to $4.15 billion, which will prevent millions of infant deaths and boost the life chances of many more.

Research Programme Funding Opportunity

The ESRC and DFID are pleased to announce a call for three large and exciting Research Programmes of work under Phase 3 of the ESRC-DFID Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation Research. Both funders are committed to commissioning world class research and ensuring the results are available for policy makers and development workers worldwide.

The aim is to provide funding for new research on critical but relatively under-researched themes. The Research Programmes will undertake work in three areas:

Britain has pledged emergency food, drinking water and shelter to help people displaced in Rakhine State in western Burma.

Minister for International Development Alan Duncan and Foreign Office Minister for South East Asia Hugo Swire today announced a £4.4 million package of humanitarian support for people displaced by violence and facing the additional threats of the rainy season and approaching storms.

Britain’s package of emergency assistance will provide:

Recommendations for growing livelihood opportunities for refugees and host community families

I. INTRODUCTION.

1 EMMA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS IN LEBANON

During a joint press conference with US President Barack Obama today, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the UK would be providing an extra £30 million of humanitarian support for the victims of the Syria crisis, and an additional £10 million in non-lethal support to strengthen the Syrian opposition, to help reduce the effects of the conflict spilling over into neighbouring countries and to support human rights and civil society.

The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is in the process of establishing a research initiative to examine how best to support the development of national and local capacities for disaster risk management. The objective of the research is to increase the effectiveness of international efforts to support the capacity building of national and local institutions which are the key to building resilience and to first-line humanitarian response.

The International Development Secretary met with members of Hendon’s Somali community today to hear their views on how to create a more peaceful, prosperous and secure Somalia ahead of a major international conference next month.

Visiting Hendon’s BritSom community centre with Hendon MP Matthew Offord, Justine Greening pledged to present their recommendations to the London Somalia Conference as she answered questions about Britain’s £80 million a year development programme in Somalia.

British aid will help to vaccinate up to 360 million children against polio over the next 6 years, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today, ahead of the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi.

Polio is a debilitating and life threatening disease that has been successfully eradicated across the globe, saving millions of lives. It now remains prevalent in just 3 countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. UK support will help provide routine immunisations against polio to some of the most vulnerable and hard to reach groups of people.