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Justine Greening speaking at the Royal Society on the eve of Nutrition for Growth

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:19:53 -0700

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The UK will co-host the Nutrition for Growth event on 8 June to tackle undernutrition, enabling people and nations to prosper.

Follow updates on Twitter #nutrition4growth

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Cementing Ethiopia's progress

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:37 -0700

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Beyond the factory gates, the building boom the cement factory is helping to fuel is providing jobs for countless construction workers across Ethiopia.

With investment from the UK, the National Cement Share Company is on track to supply 14% of all the cement being made in Ethiopia. With more cement available, more building work like this new housing site in Addis Ababa can get underway and more jobs are created as a result.

Picture: Simon Davis/DFID

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Building homes, hospitals and more

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:37 -0700

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More than a million tons of cement a year will leave the factory in Dire Dawa – enough to build in the region of 50,000 new homes for families across Ethiopia every year.

But the building boom goes beyond housing – the government's current 5 year plan to transform the country will see new hospitals, roads and railways built across the country.

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Golden opportunities in Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:41 -0700

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Today, Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa is a bustling centre of business and trade – as well as being home to the African Union's headquarters.

Skylines like this across the country are ever-changing, with new tower blocks and residential buildings rising upwards. As Ethiopia's cities grow, so do the construction opportunities.

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A building boom in Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:42 -0700

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Things are looking up in Ethiopia!

A building boom across the country is helping to fuel one of the fastest-growing economies – not just in Africa, but the whole world – growing at an average of 10% over the past 10 years.

The economic success story being seen today is a far cry from the outdated images of famine from the 1980s.

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From aid to trade

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:36 -0700

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The knock on effects don’t stop with creation of more and better paid jobs – but the start of a stronger economy and a brighter financial future.

By supporting profitable business like the cement factory, the UK's development investments are helping Ethiopia to make its own money, with which it can trade beyond its own borders.

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Cement never sleeps

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:35 -0700

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The cement factory in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia – backed by British investment – is a 24 hour operation, producing 3,000 tons of cement a day to help meet the demand of the country's building boom.

But this is just beginning. The company behind the factory has plans for the future - hoping to export beyond its borders to become an international enterprise.

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A new generation of industrial leaders

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:39 -0700

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As well as giving jobs to local workers, the cement factory is recruiting new graduates from across the country, like Kidist Mulugeta – a site surveyor.

The company is investing in this new talent, developing their skills to support its own ambitions but at the same time nurturing the next generation of Ethiopia's industrial leaders.

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A factory fit for the future

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:40 -0700

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As the need for concrete in Ethiopia's construction industry grows, so too has the National Cement Share Company. Its new plant in the east of the country will increase its production by six times.

British investment – through the UK's development finance firm CDC – has helped the company to build the new factory, supporting its ambitions to expand.

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Laying foundations for the future

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:36 -0700

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More jobs means more money to go round, and a chance for people to work their own way out of poverty. And with the demand for cement still going up – things are set to get better.

As companies grow, they can afford to pay their workers a better wage. Which is why at the National Cement Share Company, even junior workers can earn around five times the average pay packet.

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Working their way out of poverty

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:40 -0700

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Around 650 people work at the National Cement Share Company's new factory in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia – from drivers and machine operators to engineers and technicians.

It supports 1,000 jobs in total, as more contractors are needed for ongoing improvements and upkeep of the factory. As plant manager Danilo Trugillo says: "That's 1,000 families with better food on their table, maybe with children who are now able to go to school and who can afford healthcare"

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Seeing cement sales soar

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:41 -0700

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Demand for cement to feed Ethiopia's building boom is set to more than double in the next 5 years. One company in the east of the country is seizing the opportunity the construction industry offers.

The National Cement Share Company has its sights set on expansion, and with the help of British investment through local partners, it has built a new factory to help meet this growing market.

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War Child: helping vulnerable girls and young women in Kinshasa DRC

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:36:29 -0700

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A girl walks in the courtyard of a project run by the NGO War Child that is supporting and protecting vulnerable girls living and working on the streets of Kinshasa, DRC.

Picture: Stephanie Dunga/Department for International Development

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Talking to vulnerable young girls being helped by WarChild

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:36:30 -0700

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International Development Minister, Lynne Featherstone MP, talks to young girls at a project run by War Child and a local partner that is supporting and protecting vulnerable girls living and working on the streets of Kinshasa.

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Supporting Palestinian businesses to grow

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:52:06 -0700

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UK Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan MP (left), pictured visiting Eagleflex, a Palestinian business which produces grinding wheels. The company has benefited from UK support to enable them to increase their export markets.

Similar businesses will benefit from increased UK support, to help Palestinian businesses break in to new regional and international markets in a drive to boost economic growth, The initiative was announced by the minister during his visit to the region.

Speaking to an audience of Palestinian business people at the Hebron Chamber of Commerce, Mr Duncan set out details of a new £15 million Palestinian Market Development Programme. By helping Palestinian firms develop new products and target new markets, it will provide a business boost that is set to generate at least £40 million in additional attributable sales by 2019.

Today’s announcement builds on the success of previous DFID support for the Palestinian private sector – the Facility for New Market Development Programme – which has helped hundreds of businesses turn over £80 million in sales and exports, enter 87 new export markets, develop 129 new products, create 3,400 jobs and increase their exports by 52%.

Find out more at: www.gov.uk/government/news/palestinian-businesses-go-glob...

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Rehabilitation

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:12:11 -0700

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A landmine amputee casts a shadow at a rehabilitation center for people who have lost limbs to land mines and unexploded ordnance, in Juba, South Sudan's capital city. The centre is run by the government but was set up and continues to be supported by ICRC.

Image: © Sean Sutton / www.maginternational.org

Listening to beneficiaries of UK aid in DRC

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:05:58 -0700

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In the village of Tshibashi, Kasai Occidental province, DRC, Parliamentary-Under-Secretary of State for International Development, Lynne Featherstone MP, hears from members of the local Water, Sanitation & Health (WASH) Committee about the support they receive from a project funded by UK aid through the Access to Healthcare programme.

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Supporting schoolchildren in Gaza with UNRWA

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:11:30 -0700

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Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan MP, looks on as students deliver a presentation at the opening of a UK-funded elementary school in Gaza today. Together with other schools being opened, they will directly enrol 24,000 refugees, of whom 12,500 are girls. The minister met teachers, pupils and parents who will benefit from the support.

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Supporting schoolchildren in Gaza with UNRWA

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:11:28 -0700

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Supporting schoolchildren in Gaza

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:11:30 -0700

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Students in Gaza deliver a presentation at the opening of a UK-funded elementary school today.

Together with other schools being opened by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) supported by UK aid, they will directly enrol 24,000 refugees, of whom 12,500 are girls. The school was opened by International Development minister, Alan Duncan MP, who met with teachers, pupils and parents who will benefit from the support.

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