Here are all releases tagged: international aid.
27th Jun 2011
Today, the UK Government is spearheading a global effort to vaccinate a quarter of a billion children by 2015. The drive is set to save the lives of four million children across the developing world.
Together with the GAVI Alliance health partnership, the government is co-hosting a vaccine summit this…
12th Jan 2011
International Relief & Development remembers those who were lost and those who continue to recover and rebuild following last year’s devastating earthquake in Haiti.
5th Jan 2011
International Relief and Development (IRD) is hosting a Recruitment and Professional Networking Event on Tuesday, January 11 from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at the Palomar Hotel Conference Center, Vivace Room, in Rosslyn, VA.
21st Dec 2010
A catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. Overwhelming floods in Pakistan. A step forward from conflict in Sri Lanka. A food crisis in east Africa. A World Cup in South Africa. The chance to tackle climate change. Twenty-four hours celebrating AIDS prevention. And a moment to seize progress on the Millennium Development…
8th Dec 2010
The impact of climate change is already being felt in forest communities across Nepal. Land is lost as glaciers melt, flash floods hit and landslides increase. Crops are destroyed due to erratic rainfall, drought and forest fires.
But people are finding ways to adapt their way of life. With the…
1st Dec 2010
Nearly 1,200 children become infected with HIV every day. In Zimbabwe, helping the next generation to be free of HIV is crucial to stopping its spread.
More than 90% of HIV infections in children happen when the virus is passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy, childbirth or…
29th Nov 2010
Farming communities in Mozambique used to rely on the rains coming regularly each year. Now there is no pattern to the weather. Erratic droughts and heavy rains cause crops to fail, leaving people with nothing.
The Department for International Development is working with Save the Children to help families in…
23rd Nov 2010
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is working to ensure every pregnancy in the developing world is wanted, and every birth is safe. But how can it do this better? And what should it focus on first?
DFID wants to hear your views on reproductive, maternal and newborn health.Take…
23rd Nov 2010
Hundreds of children are fleeing abject poverty in Zimbabwe every month and crossing the border into South Africa. The vulnerable child migrants make the dangerous journey in the hope of a better life. Numbers are increasing as the World Cup lures more youngsters by its glamour and the opportunities it…
17th Aug 2010
An estimated 20 million people have been affected, and another 1,600 killed, by the recent torrential rains and flooding in Pakistan. Entire villages have been swept away, and the destruction is developing into one of the worst humanitarian disasters in years. International Relief and Development (IRD) is helping thousands of…
5th Aug 2010
Better Foods for Better Lives, an agricultural and economic growth program in Indonesia and Cambodia, has achieved unprecedented success and was highlighted as an exemplary public-private partnership during the 2010 International Food Aid & Development Conference in Kansas City, MO. The program was implemented by International Relief and Development (IRD)…
4th Aug 2010
In response to more than a week of torrential rainfall in flood-stricken Pakistan, International Relief and Development (IRD) has launched an urgent appeal and released emergency funding for the relief effort.
IRD has created a Pakistan Floods Relief Fund for public donations. Cash contributions are critical to the relief efforts,…
8th Jul 2010
Six months after a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the island nation of Haiti, affecting an estimated 3.5 million people, there is still a great need for basic humanitarian aid. Yvette Gonzalez, Director of Haiti Programs for International Relief and Development (IRD), is available to talk with media regarding the…
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