More than £260,000
of Scottish Executive funding for international development has been
announced today, with Malawi and Uganda amongst the countries which
will benefit from the expertise of Scottish community organisations,
schools and universities.
Patricia Ferguson, the minister with responsibility for
international development, announced the awards from the Small Grants
Scheme, part of the Executive's International Development Fund, which
is the main funding mechanism for the Executive's international
development policy. The fund was launched two years ago today, and has
to date provided £7.7m of funding to 58 projects across geographic
priority areas of sub-Saharan Africa and areas affected by the Asian
tsunami of 2004 and by earthquakes.
Amongst the 16 successful projects announced today, Rosehall High
School in Coatbridge will link with St. Mary's School in Malawi to
share experiences in promoting an effective health education programme
in both schools, and the University of Edinburgh is providing training
for primary education teachers in the Busiro region of Uganda.
Also, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is
developing a training course in Malawi to improve emergency paediatric
care as a means to reduce child mortality, providing training to 60
healthcare workers in nine hospitals to improve the standard of
emergency paediatric care.
Ferguson said: "This funding will make a meaningful contribution to
Scotland's efforts to help some of the world's poorest countries.
"The Scottish government's international development focus is about
sharing common experience, and recognises our collective ambition to
play our part in tackling global inequality.
"Last year I visited Malawi and saw first hand how Scotland's partnership with that country is helping to improve lives."
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