Case Studies
This section describes how DFID activities are making a difference - stories told by people whose lives have been changed, and insights from DFID staff.
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05/01
Burkina women spice up their profits
Her skill at making the popular Burkinan spice soumbala helped 50-year-old Halimata raise a family of 10 single-handedly. Now, with help from DFID, Halimata is taking her business even further.
05/01
A centre of excellence for Bolivia's indigenous people
A training centre in one of Bolivia's most impoverished areas is giving some of its most disadvantaged people a fighting chance of a better life.
02/01
Fighting floods in Asia's water tower
For the people of Nepal, living in the shadows of the ice-capped Himalayas, rising temperatures could bring more intense rains and catastrophic floods. DFID is helping to increase the country's resilience to these and other climate change impacts.
19/12
Making abortion safer in Nepal
Tough laws around abortion meant that, for a long time, Nepalese women seeking to terminate their pregnancies were forced to put their lives at stake and go underground. Now, with the law changed, DFID is helping to ensure that abortions take place in the right conditions.
28/11
AIDS survey highlights at-risk groups in Pakistan
Transgender sex workers like Naveen face the threat of HIV infection every day, which makes his and his co-workers' lack of knowledge about safe sex all the more dangerous.
26/11
Kicking the habit, fighting HIV in Vietnam
For a decade of his life Nguyen Van Son was at the mercy of his addiction to heroin. A user of dirty needles, HIV infection seemed an inevitability, even to Son himself. But thanks to a DFID-supported detoxification programme, Son has been clean for the past six months.
21/11
Malawi's police wise up to violence against women
How police in Malawi are helping to change perceptions of - and tackle - a devastating crime.
21/11
Caring for the carers in Zambia
When Mrs Matakala discovered she was HIV-positive, she found herself in need of the care that she was used to giving to others living with the virus.
21/11
Orphans get a helping hand in Burundi
When Maurice's parents died, he inherited a debt he had no hope of paying. Eviction for him and his brothers soon followed ...
21/11
Zimbabwe delivers the goods on contraception
In rural Zimbabwe, poor delivery chains were preventing supplies of condoms and other contraceptives from getting to the people who needed them. A DFID intiative helped to get things moving.
