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Last modified on Wed 28 Apr 2021 14.33 EDT UK aid to individual African countries is being cut by 66% this year and aid to the Indo-Pacific region by 68%, aid agencies have said on the basis of new figures provided by the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab. The scale of the cuts was described by a former Conservative Foreign Office minister, Liz Sugg, as “difficult to comprehend”. She said the impact on education was being likened by experts to “acts of violence against the world’s poorest...

LONDON (AP) — The British government faced mounting criticism Wednesday over its...

Leaked Memo Reveals 80% Cut to UK Aid for Clean Water & Hygiene Projects As COVID-19 cases surge, hand-washing and hygiene couldnt be more important right now. Why Global Citizens Should Care The UN’s Global Goal 6 for clean water and sanitation aims for everyone to have access to safe and affordable drinking water by 2030. But if governments like the UK continue to strip back their international development budgets by billions, we wont be able to achieve this essential goal. Join our movemen...

Leaked memo reveals UK bilateral aid for clean water for world’s poorest to be cut by 80% amid pandemic Foreign Office document reveals cuts and advises minister on how to avoid a backlash  27 April 2021 • 7:00pm The UK is to slash direct aid spending on water and sanitation in the world’s poorest countries by 80 per cent, a leaked ministerial briefing document from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) reveals. The document, prepared ahead of an all-party-parliamentary g...

The challenges of the seriously successful 1940s businesswoman The novel Photograph by Tim Robberts In the world of cosmetics, Devon Elliott is a master of the universe, presiding over an empire of swank salons and pricey potions that she built up from practically nothing. And, like many CEOs, Devon lives and breathes her business, which is how she ended up sleeping with the married man who is her chief subordinate. Their affair went on for four years, and afterwards they remained best friend...

A charity has created a striking portrait in the sand on Whitby Beach showing a child carrying water on dry, cracked ground next to the rising tide, to highlight the impact climate change is having on people’s access to water.   Author, TV chef and ambassador Nadiya Hussain MBE is supporting WaterAid’s call to ensure families everywhere have clean water, improving children’s health and education and helping them protect themselves from the impact of climate change.  WaterAid’s 6...

Last modified on Tue 16 Mar 2021 14.51 EDT Boris Johnson put the global climate crisis at the heart of the UK’s foreign policy on Tuesday, setting out his vision of “global Britain” after a government review placed climate as “the UK’s foremost international priority”. The prime minister told MPs: “We will host Cop26 [climate summit] in Glasgow in November, and rally as many nations as possible behind the target of net zero [greenhouse gas emissions] by 2050, leading by example si...

Submitting... For most of these communities, climate change is experienced through water – too much or too little. Thanks to its expertise in climate change and water, as host nation of the crucial global climate conference, COP26, Scotland has an opportunity to show global leadership in 2021. Together we can help amplify the voices of those living with the consequences of climate change who are too often forgotten at international political get-togethers. For millions of people across the wo...

Climate crisis means water crisis for many of the world’s poorest countries - Tim Wainwright Type ‘climate change images’ into a popular internet search engine and you would be forgiven for believing that it was all about polar bears and empty barren landscapes. Further down the page of search results, people start to appear, white-skinned and usually pointing at the horizon. The real impact of climate change on the world’s poorest people is hidden from the headlines, a daily grind to s...

Songhoy Blues named ambassadors for the international charity The incredible photos and film shot at the studio of critically-acclaimed photographer Malick Sidibé WATERAID HAVE announced that popular Malian desert blues music group, Songhoy Blues, have become ambassadors for the international charity. Despite its challenges, we are passionate about Africa and its immense potential, that’s why raising money for Future on Tap is important to us Aliou Touré The band, who formed in 2012 after ...