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Afghan entrepreneurs in the Chora district of Uruzgan can now obtain small loans for setting up a business or investing in existing ventures. This week the microcredit institution World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) set up a new office in Ali Shirzai, the district centre.
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International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell saw for himself how british aid is changing lives when he spent Saturday night in a rural village in the Azernet Berbere district of Ethiopia.
DFID News Stories

At the initiative of the Netherlands and other member states, the European Union has called on the government of Chad to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and surrender him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. President Bashir is suspected of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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On October 14, the Brazilian Ministry of Health hosted the First Extended Meeting of the International Cooperation in Health Technical Working Group, which includes the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, USAID, UN Specialized Agencies, GTZ, JICA and DFID, among others.
USAID Mission Press Releases: Latin America and the Caribbean

UNV volunteer Samuel Ndingi supports the national transitional government’s work on resettlement and reintegration to build sustainable peace and development in one of the poorest countries in the world.
United Nations Volunteers

infoDev: will announce winners of competition to host our Finland-funded African mobile apps labs next week at East Africa ICT summit.
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Since 1990, the Southern African AIDS Trust (SAT) has involved local forces in its work to slow down the HIV epidemics that plague southern Africa. Through long-term support of grass-roots organizations in heavily affected areas, the local population has become an important part of the prevention work.
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StateDept: #SecClinton to host #Iftar at Department of State on September 7: http://go.usa.gov/xqH #Ramadan
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Ideas. Innovation. Impact. is the theme of this year’s annual report. Read the full text online.
International Development Research Centre

StateDept: #SecClinton to deliver foreign policy speech at the Council on Foreign Relations on September 8: http://go.usa.gov/xqM @CFR_org
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W.K. Kellogg Foundation Names New Trustee; Announces Fiscal Year Grants

W.K. Kellogg Foundation: News Releases

A majority of Americans believe nutrition in local school meals falls far short of what children need, a new survey finds. And the foods people most associate with school meals – pizza, chicken nuggets and hamburgers – are the same foods they believe should be cut drastically from school menus.

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We are carrying a message with us for the people of Pakistan: As you begin to recover from this disaster, America, including the United States Agency for International Development and all of the other parts of our government stand with you. The American people are committed to humanitarian response.
USAID Mission Press Releases: Asia

In the fight to reduce hunger and poverty around the world, one country that really stands out for me is the West African nation of Ghana.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

For the fourth year in a row, the European Commission is organising an international drawing competition on Gender Equality, which will be launched on the International Women's Day – 8 March 2010. Eight to ten year old children in developing countries are invited to express in a drawing their vision on the theme of gender equality. [...]

MFInsights: Freedom from Hunger Helps MFIs Provide Health care Package: http://bit.ly/bwqQru
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gatesfoundation: Creative solutions for #vaccine development to fight neglected diseases: http://bit.ly/aji1Oz (via @Forbes blog) #NTDs
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