Interviews
Ethiopian Government Aims to Mitigate Floods with New Dams
The Ethiopian Government is planning to construct two new dams to mitigate Ethiopia’s devastating and recurring floods. The decision comes just a few months after flash floods ravaged the country,...
CIWM and WasteAid UK to produce guidance on low-cost reuse and recycling technologies
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) is to fund the development of a guidance document on reuse and recycling technologies for use in low- and middle-income countries. The report is being...
Protecting the rights of every child
On the 20th of November, the UN and UNESCO mark Universal Children’s Day devoted to promoting international togetherness and welfare of the children around the world. This day highlights the...
World Toilet Day: “toilets and jobs”
World Toilet Day, observed on 19 November, raises awareness and inspires efforts to reach the 2.4 billion people living without a toilet and almost one billion people that practice open defecation....
The Open Data Revolution to Achieve Zero Hunger
In today’s evolving global landscape we face complex challenges. Populations are growing, climates are changing and markets are often unstable. As the world’s population grows to around 9 billion...
Sustainable Development Goals one year on: Zero Hunger by 2030?
One year on from the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF) looks at Goal number 2: Zero Hunger. This ambitious goal aims to...
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[infographic] Global Healthcare Funding
In 2014, total Development Health Assistance (DAH) amounted to $35.9 billion, a drop of 1.6% over the all-time high in DAH reached in 2013. The United States has continued to serve as the largest source...
Millions more children to be protected against disease thanks to UNICEF’s new vaccine deal
Millions more children in the world’s poorest countries will receive the pentavalent vaccination, preventing the infection of five life-threatening diseases after United Nations Children's...
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[infographic] Global Child Health and Available Healthcare in Sub-Saharan East Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, a number of adverse conditions have placed children at high risk, including persistent and worsening poverty, an alarming pace of economic change, rapid population growth, increasing...
Aid & Development Africa Summit moves to Nairobi
The Aid & International Development Forum would like to announce that the 2nd annual Aid & Development Africa Summit will be held in Nairobi, Kenya at Safari Park Hotel on the 28th February - 1st...
New mobile app to drive action towards the realisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
In September the GSMA, in collaboration with the United Nations and Project Everyone, launched the ‘SGDs in Action’ app. The app is designed to increase awareness of and engagement with the...
Morocco to raise $30bn for agriculture adaptation in Africa
A new initiative aims at mobilising US $30 billion to help the agriculture sector in African countries to adapt to climate change. The initiative has been launched by the Moroccan Government, which will...
