ANOTHER £14m in aid for Malawi over the next three years will be announced today at Holyrood by International Development Minister Humza Yousuf.
The money available for aid agencies to bid for is part of the Malawi Development Programme within the International Development Fund, which is supporting 43 projects worth around £13m.
He is expected to announce the latest aid following more links forged at the Commonwealth Games. "We are now inviting applications for funding for more projects to help people in Malawi in the key areas of sustainable economic development, renewable energy, civic governance, health and education," he will say. "Our commitment to working in partnership with the people of our sister nation of Malawi is deep and lasting and I look forward to seeing how this funding will help."
The announcement was welcomed by the Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland. The chair of the group, Annie Lewis, said: "Many thousands of lives have been transformed by the collaboration between communities and organisations in Scotland and Malawi and we look forward to these partnerships continuing with on-going support from the Scottish Government and from people across Scotland."
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