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2 Sep 2020
DFID has now merged with the Foreign Office to create the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. This channel is no longer active but you can keep up to date with the latest UK aid news and announcements by following @FCDOGovUK. #FCDO
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Turn on notifications to make sure you always get the latest news on UK diplomacy and development work. #FCDO
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1 Sep 2020
Foreign Secretary commits to more effective and accountable aid spending under new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office gov.uk/government/news/forei…

Foreign Secretary commits to more effective and accountable aid spending under new Foreign,...

Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will continue to scrutinise aid spending following the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development merger next week.

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With UK Government support, start-up Ganni in #SouthSudan are using local expertise and materials to develop affordable face masks and clay pots for vital hand-washing. Together we are tackling #COVID19 through #research and #innovation around the 🌍
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27 Aug 2020
Three years after the Rohingya people fled Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, #UKaid has been helping tackle coronavirus in the camps. @UKEMT emergency team of 🇬🇧 experts has helped build isolation and treatment centres and is supporting local staff to save lives.
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25 Aug 2020
Fantastic news! @WHO has announced the end of wild polio in Africa. Thank you to all the donors, governments, health workers and @Rotary members who have done so much to achieve this. #UKaid is proud to support you. gov.uk/government/news/wild-…
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25 Aug 2020
“I am so happy that with today’s announcement, the world is one step closer to a polio-free world”. Jim Bailey, who contracted polio in Belfast in 1957, reacts to today’s news that Africa has been declared free of wild polio. The UK is a global leader in the push to end polio.
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21 Aug 2020
Andy Kent is a surgical adviser for the @UKEMT, which is funded by #UKaid. He says coronavirus is now the major medical challenge in Lebanon following the devastating port explosion. The UK government is deploying a second team of medics today to help coordinate the response.
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21 Aug 2020
A second team of UK medics is being sent to support hospitals in blast-hit Beirut. The team will help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in Lebanon, which has been made significantly more challenging by the explosion. @UKEMT @UKMed_NGO #UKaid gov.uk/government/news/secon…

Second team of UK medics sent to support hospitals in blast-hit Beirut

The team will help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in Lebanon, which has been made significantly more challenging by the explosion.

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21 Aug 2020
Andy Kent is a surgical adviser for the @UKEMT, which is funded by #UKaid. He says coronavirus is now the major medical challenge in Lebanon following the devastating port explosion. The UK government is deploying a second team of medics today to help coordinate the response.
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21 Aug 2020
A second team of UK medics is being sent to support hospitals in blast-hit Beirut. The team will help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in Lebanon, which has been made significantly more challenging by the explosion. @UKEMT @UKMed_NGO #UKaid gov.uk/government/news/secon…

Second team of UK medics sent to support hospitals in blast-hit Beirut

The team will help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in Lebanon, which has been made significantly more challenging by the explosion.

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Soccer Aid
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20 Aug 2020
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @England all-time top scorer 🔴 @ManUtd all-time top scorer 🏆 16 Career honours Introducing your 2020 Soccer Aid for @Unicef_uk England manager @WayneRooney 🙌 Every £1 you donate becomes £3 thanks to #UKAid and @gavi 💙
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Every £1 you donate becomes £3

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Zac Goldsmith
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20 Aug 2020
The devastating oil spill in Mauritius has affected many marine wildlife fishing communities. This week the UK sent ecological experts, funded by #UKaid, to support 🇲🇺 to restore its coastline protect it from further damage. gov.uk/government/news/briti… gov.uk/government/news/briti…

British experts help Mauritius protect coral reefs from oil spill

UK sends British ecology and marine experts at the request of the Mauritian government.

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20 Aug 2020
British experts deployed to help Mauritius protect coral reefs from oil spill: gov.uk/government/news/briti…
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Wendy Morton MP
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20 Aug 2020
In 2018, malaria killed over 400,000 people worldwide, two-thirds of them under age 5. Through the @GlobalFund, #UKaid is helping to distribute 92 million bed nets, and strengthen health systems around the world to protect children and families from malaria #WorldMosquitoDay
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19 Aug 2020
Today is #WorldHumanitarianDay. A day to say ‘thank you’ to aid workers around the 🌍. #UKaid supports you 365 days a year, and will continue to do so. Thank you for everything you do. You are #RealLifeHeroes. Retweet or tag an aid worker that you know to say ‘thank you’ too.
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