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What is Irish Aid? |
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Irish Aid is the Government’s Official Development Cooperation programme. It provides long-term and emergency support to developing countries.
The programme works in partnership with governments and communities in the developing world in their attempts to alleviate poverty through helping them meet basic needs and through strengthening their capacity to help themselves. It also has a special focus on the fostering of human rights and democracy. |
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Why have an Irish Aid programme? |
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It is important that we recognise global interdependence and the need for global responsibility. Through Irish Aid the Government acknowledges the concern of Irish people for the well being of others throughout the world and the long tradition of Irish people helping those in developing countries. |
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What are Irish Aid's Priority programmes? |
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An important element of the Irish Aid programme is its special relationship with certain developing countries. Direct funding is given to programmes and projects which meet basic needs in eight priority countries: Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia.
The Irish Aid Priority Country Programmes are focussed largely on reducing poverty. They concentrate on trying to meet the basic needs of people such as health care, education, clean water supplies and food security. In addition to the priority countries, bilateral aid is provided for specific projects in a number of other countries such as South Africa and Zimbabwe. |
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