Programme Spotlight

 

"Seeds" to empower women in Bolivia

The MDG-F is helping to tackle extreme poverty in Bolivia by providing microcredit loans and work opportunities for rural indigenous women.
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Young Macedonians reach across ethnic divides

Ethnic Macedonians, Albanians and Roma gather at an MDG-F-supported conference to break down cultural barriers and learn how to live together in a multi-cultural society.
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Cutting-edge business tools revamp age-old Cambodian tradition

Indigenous handicraft weavers are learning marketing, quality control and costing skills through an MDG-F-funded programme to boost incomes for the country’s poorest people.
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Reducing inequalities must be a top global priority, MDG-F groups says

New report by MDG-F/IDS outlines strategies for putting equity and social justice at the heart of development efforts.
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Coffee as a route to women’s empowerment

María José Blandón Villavicencio, a Nicaraguan housewife turned coffee producer, has a sales record that would make any entrepreneur green with envy: 1600% growth in ...
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Palestinian identity unfolds on two stages

As the West Bank Palestinian leadership was readying its September statehood bid at the United Nations General Assembly, 20-year-old Mariam Abu Khaled was preparing for a different drama.
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Peace and the Millennium Development Goals

As the world marks the International Day of Peace, the MDG-Fund is working in 19 conflict-prone countries to build peace and help achieve the MDGs.
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