Videos Posted by DFID - UK Department for International Development
Climate change voices: Part one - India [HQ]
Climate change is affecting the lives of more than a billion people in south Asia - from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.
The future of the region is hanging in the balance as the Copenhagen talks get underway.
Ordinary people tell the stories of their lives - and we look at how DFID is helping them cope with the changing climate.
Cameraman - Naresh Newar
The future of the region is hanging in the balance as the Copenhagen talks get underway.
Ordinary people tell the stories of their lives - and we look at how DFID is helping them cope with the changing climate.
Cameraman - Naresh Newar
I'm in love with the forest. I want to protect it. [HD]
Muktar was an illegal logger in the Ulu Masen forest, in Indonesia's Aceh province, for over 10 years before retraining as a ranger. Audio slideshow by Abbie Trayler Smith/Panos Pictures.
Thanks to a project run by the NGO Fauna and Flora International, (partially funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development, in conjunction with the World Bank's Multi Donor Fund), young men from local villages are being trained to work as forestry rangers. Many of them have previously been involved in illegal logging.
FFI are also working to help community members understand how to best protect the forest whilst providing economic benefits and and livelihood opportunities to local communities.
The Aceh Forest and Environment Project protects the Leuser and Ulu Masen forest ecosystems form illegal logging. The 3.3 million hectare area in the northern part of Aceh province, is the largest contiguous forested area in South East Asia. It is seen as a rich provider of environmental and economic benefits for the 2 million people living in Aceh.
To find out more, please visit: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/cli
Thanks to a project run by the NGO Fauna and Flora International, (partially funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development, in conjunction with the World Bank's Multi Donor Fund), young men from local villages are being trained to work as forestry rangers. Many of them have previously been involved in illegal logging.
FFI are also working to help community members understand how to best protect the forest whilst providing economic benefits and and livelihood opportunities to local communities.
The Aceh Forest and Environment Project protects the Leuser and Ulu Masen forest ecosystems form illegal logging. The 3.3 million hectare area in the northern part of Aceh province, is the largest contiguous forested area in South East Asia. It is seen as a rich provider of environmental and economic benefits for the 2 million people living in Aceh.
To find out more, please visit: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/cli
Linking children around the world [HD]
DFID's Global School Partnerships scheme promotes partnerships between schools in the UK and schools in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America. The programme provides advice and guidance, professional development opportunities and grants to schools that are using partnerships to develop a global dimension to their curriculum. Find out more at:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/dis
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/dis
Saving lives in Sri Lanka [HQ]
DFID Humanitarian advisor Neil Barry reports from northern Sri Lanka on how UK funding is helping some of the 280,000 people who have been displaced by the recent conflict in the region.
Cyclone Nargis: one year on
Cyclone Nargis struck Burma on 2 May 2008, killing over 140,000 people. Find out how we provided desperately needed help to those who survived.
Rwanda - 15 years on: hope beyond HIV [HD]
This film tells the story of Marceline, a survivor of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, whose life has also been changed by DFID-funded a five-year, £4.25 million programme. The programme (known as CTP) is helping genocide survivors infected with HIV/AIDS to lead decent, fulfilling lives.
To find out more about how DFID is helping in Rwanda, please visit:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/fig
To find out more about how DFID is helping in Rwanda, please visit:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/fig
Motorbikes and Midwives [HQ]
Having a baby in rural north-western Kenya is a risky business for the expectant mums who live there.
The likelihood of a woman dying in childbirth here is frighteningly high. Across the country, 560 mums die for every 100,000 children - in parts of northwestern Kenya that figure can double. In Britain the rate is around 8 in 100,000.
But there are many ways that aid money is making a big difference here. As part of our wider £50m country programme, we are putting in place newly-trained community health workers, a civic education programme, a new maternity unit, and a new motorbike ambulance service.
The likelihood of a woman dying in childbirth here is frighteningly high. Across the country, 560 mums die for every 100,000 children - in parts of northwestern Kenya that figure can double. In Britain the rate is around 8 in 100,000.
But there are many ways that aid money is making a big difference here. As part of our wider £50m country programme, we are putting in place newly-trained community health workers, a civic education programme, a new maternity unit, and a new motorbike ambulance service.