DfAD as part of a consortium consisting of four other partners; ENTRAIDE (MUTUAL AID), Chipo Musara Foweraker, Agnes Ngulube Holmes and Agric International Ltd, was announced by Africa-UK on 9th September 2013 as one of the winners of the pilot Africa-UK Influencing and Engagement Small Grants Scheme. Five winners in total were announced, 4 of which […]
CONTINUE READINGDfAD, alongside AFFORD and Comic Relief, was one of the UK based non-profit organisations that participated in the UN Informal Interactive Hearings on International Migration and Development at the UN General Assembly held in New York on 15 July 2013. DfAD’s participation focused on the theme: Human Development, Diaspora Action; (1) Ensuring migrants’ and migration’s rightful place […]
CONTINUE READINGDfAD is proud to announce that Alia Malik, DfAD Youth Empowerment Trustee, is currently in Ankara, Turkey attending The Young Diplomats Forum from 2nd to 6th September. This is being hosted by The Global Diplomatic Forum, an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and contributing to global prosperity by initiating and fostering sustainable partnerships between […]
CONTINUE READINGA major independent new leadership project for people of African origin in the UK funded by Comic Relief and Unbound Philanthropy, the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is seeking to identify and bring together the UK’s most promising individuals of African origin with a desire to support African communities. The […]
CONTINUE READINGPambazuka News has just published my article THE ENIGMA OF DUAL CITIZENSHIP IN AFRICA as one of their posts in the current Special Issue called The Diaspora and Africa’s Development. Follow this link to full post. Pambazuka News is an advocacy tool for social justice, designed specifically for those working in Africa.
CONTINUE READINGFrom Stella Opoku-Owusu, Africa UK. Gibril Faal in the Independent: “Remittances could be as sustainable as international development finance” Click here to access the full article on the Independent’s website. In 2012, remittance flows to developing countries was $400bn, of which $30bn went to Sub-Saharan Africa. Total remittances to Africa are estimated to be over […]
CONTINUE READINGThis blog has been written by Fadhili Maghiya, a member of the Tanzanian Diaspora in the UK. He works for the Sub Sahara Advisory Panel (SSAP) in Cardiff, Wales. The IF Campaign has stumped its authority on the global world and especially on those involved in the G8 summit. Mind boggling statistics were mentioned; Under-nutrition […]
CONTINUE READINGWritten by Fadhili Maghiya is a member of the Tanzanian Diaspora in the UK. He is currently working for the Sub Sahara Advisory Panel (SSAP) in Cardiff, Wales. The IF Campaign’s Nutrition for Growth G8 Event has come and gone and guess what, the pledges and commitment were made and government, business and NGO’s have […]
CONTINUE READINGYesterday something incredible happened, and it wouldn’t have happened without you. World leaders met to discuss the silent injustice of hunger that still sees 1 in 8 people go to bed hungry – and they acted. You and thousands of others have been at the heart of this campaign, and are such a big part […]
CONTINUE READINGA message from Anthony Mukuka, Zed UTD Chairman I take this opportunity on behalf of Zed UTD Community football Team to thank you & all those involved in your sponsorship package from ‘DfAD’ that helped us enter this year’s UK AFCON which is being held at the Memorial park grounds, West Ham E15,3DB. As we […]
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