DANIDA Overview The goal of Danish development cooperation is reducing poverty.
In 2009 DANIDA provided $2.8 billion of development assistance. The results of this assistance included:
- 600,000 people provided with clean drinking water in Bangladesh
- 838 schools built or reopened in Afghanistan
- 53,764 wood stoves improved or installed in Nepal
- 270,000 people tested for HIV in Burkina Faso
- 18,225 new private enterprises registered in Viet Nam
- 265 judges trained in Mozambique
- 791 km of road repaired in Tanzania
- 8,769 loans to micro, small and medium sized enterprises in Ghana
- 4,047 people provided with legal aid in Uganda.
In 2011, the Government will allocate approx. DKK 3.6 billion to new programmes in partner countries.
How DANIDA partners with Marie Stopes International The Danish Government supports Marie Stopes International (MSI) with a core grant of €4.4million (DKK 33million). This supports MSI’s voluntary contraception and safe abortion services and is a key partnership that will help to increase women’s access to quality services in Africa and elsewhere.
In 2009 the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation “the issue of sexual and reproductive health and rights is taboo in many places. Our support will help Marie Stopes International overcome these taboos by providing millions of women and men with quality contraceptive information, products and services.”
DANIDA priorities
- growth and employment
- freedom, democracy and human rights
- gender equality
- stability and fragility
- environment and climate.
DANIDA’s geographic focus The main focus of Danish development assistance continues to be Africa.
DANIDA currently funds projects in more than 20 countries, including: Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, Ghana, Benin, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Mali, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Burma, Palestinian Authority, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Vietnam.
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DANIDA's work in action.
Marie Stopes International is proud to partner with DANIDA and would like to thank them for their continuing support and assistance.