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The UK government spent £9,007 million on development in 2010/11 and the DFID aid programme accounted for £7,689 million (85%) of this expenditure. DFID works directly in over 150 countries worldwide.
Today DFID works with over 500 international and UK civil society organisations and has direct or indirect links with thousands of civil society organisations in developing countries.

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International Development Minister Stephen O'Brien visited Mabokweni village in Tanga, Tanzania to see the mass distribution of drugs that will help to prevent and treat neglected tropical diseases. On 21 January 2012, Stephen O'Brien announced that Britain will supply more than four treatments every second for people in the developing world for the next four years as part of a global push to help eliminate infectious tropical diseases. British support is leading the way and will protect more than 140 million of the world's poorest men, women and children from the agonising pain caused by these avoidable infections which deform, disable, blind and kill. The pledge marks a five-fold increase in Britain's support as part of an international effort to help rid the world of neglected tropical diseases, currently affecting one billion people and killing more than half a million every year. It comes ahead of a conference in London on 30 January 2012 when the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, governments, NGOs, multilateral organisations and the private sector will unite to help consign the diseases to history.Find out more at:  http://www.dfid.gov.uk/ntd-jan2012
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International Development Minister Stephen O'Brien visited Mabokweni village in Tanga, Tanzania to see the mass distribution of drugs that will help to prevent and treat neglected tropical diseases. On 21 January 2012, Stephen O'Brien announced that Britain will supply more than four treatments every second for people in the developing world for the next four years as part of a global push to help eliminate infectious tropical diseases. British support is leading the way and will protect more than 140 million of the world's poorest men, women and children from the agonising pain caused by these avoidable infections which deform, disable, blind and kill. The pledge marks a five-fold increase in Britain's support as part of an international effort to help rid the world of neglected tropical diseases, currently affecting one billion people and killing more than half a million every year. It comes ahead of a conference in London on 30 January 2012 when the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, governments, NGOs, multilateral organisations and the private sector will unite to help consign the diseases to history.Find out more at:  http://www.dfid.gov.uk/ntd-jan2012
 
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Film showing how the Halo Trust is making the countryside in Afghanistan safe for people to live in and farm again, by carrying out demining work funded and supported by UKaid from the Department for International Development. HALO is two years into a five-year, £11 million project to clear mines from the western province of Herat and is making good progress in its aim to clear 160 million square metres of land by 2013. For more information please go to:  http://www.dfid.gov.uk/afghanistan
 
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UK aid's Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP) is helping 60,000 of Kenya's most vulnerable household to lift themselves out of poverty by giving them small cash transfers of around £8 a month. This small amount of money can make a real difference to the lives of Kenya's poorest people by allowing to start a small business and provide for themselves and their families. To find out more, visit: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/changinglives
 
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Film from the GAVI Alliance showing how simple and inexpensive vaccinations can help to save the lives of millions of children. The GAVI Alliance (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) is supported by UK aid from the British government. http://www.dfid.gov.uk/get-involved/changinglives/
 
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Grace Bumba has taken part in the Girls Education Project, she has received teacher training and will now return to her local village fully qualified. Video: Chris Morgan / Straightline Films To find out more about this and other case studies visit: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/2010mdgsummit
 
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Watch our video report from the drought-hit region of Turkana in north-west Kenya, where British aid is helping treat malnourished children and mitigate the effects of repeated failed rains through a long term 'hunger safety net' programme. To find out more about how UK aid is helping in the Horn of Africa, please visit: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/eastafricafoodcrisis
 
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UK aid is supporting UNICEF to help treat children suffering from cholera and acute diarrhea and prevent further spread of disease in the overcrowded camps of Mogadishu, Somalia. Filmed by UNICEF August 2011 Find out more at http://www.dfid.gov.uk/eastafricafoodcrisis
 
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How the UK is helping Afghan farmers to move away from growing poppies to a more sustainable crop. A short film by Development Pictures. Find out more: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/afghanistan
 
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DFID's education programme support in Ghana has boosted girls enrolment in primary schools and trained thousands of women teachers in areas that most need them. In Africa, children are 40% more likely to live beyond the age of 5 if their mothers have spent at least five years in education and in India, it is estimated that a 10% increase in the ratio of female to male workers would mean an 8% increase in GDP. To read the full story on how the UK is helping improve women's rights visit: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2010/International-Womens-Day-...
 
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