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DDP and partners in Nepal are embarking on a new project: the USAID Inclusive Livelihoods-Central activity for the economic empowerment, poverty reduction and equalization of opportunities in Kathmandu and Dhading Districts.

A collection of interviews with some of the people involved in our project to improve women and girls’ health and wellbeing by tackling harmful traditional practices in Malga, Ethiopia.

A huge thank you to everyone who took part and came along to the Fine City Chorus United In Harmony! concert for DDP on Friday 21 October.

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DDP Charity Concert on Friday 21 October 2022 at St Peter Mancroft Church in Norwich. Featuring Fine City Chorus, Norwich Harmony – and award-winning mixed chorus Mosaic.

It was a pleasure to welcome Egide Ndayizeye, convenor Burundi Light of Life Action, to DDP.

Meet Abera, a 45 year old religious and community leader who had no knowledge about harmful traditional practices like FGM, but now works for their eradication.

Thank you to Quaker Meetings in Norfolk and Suffolk who hosted recycling sacks in their Friends’ Meeting Houses, raising funds for DDP.

We are very lucky to be able to welcome four Master’s students from the UEA School of International Development to placements at DDP this summer.

Senior officials at Manicho Health Centre are pleased that DDP and BL have intervened to address the prevalence of harmful practices in Malga.

One of many Community Conversations across Malga District, changing public attitudes towards harmful practices.

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It’s possible now to combine charity fundraising with de-cluttering your home! Unwanted or damaged jewellery • Gold, silver, costume jewellery, watches, broken/damaged items (missing stones, odd earrings, snapped chains…) Old banknotes • Unwanted or obsolete paper currency from any country, of any age (but not coins!) Our partners at Recycling for Good Causes will re-use […]

A joyful celebration was possible for the first time in 2 years.

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This booklet brings together the stories of some of the people involved in our Women-Led, Disability-Inclusive Livelihoods project in Nepal’s Dhading district from 2018 to 2021, implemented by lead partner DHRC-Nepal and downstream partner DWA, with funding from UK Aid Direct. It shows how the project has contributed to the social and economic empowerment of […]

Work is well under way on construction of accessible toilets needed to cater for the special needs of children and residents at SDET (Social Development and Education Trust), our partner organization in Tamil Nadu in India. Fundraising was generously kick-started by former DDP Trustee Bambina Carnwath, and followed up with a really kind donation: from […]

“I really am happy to have joined the IT training programme at SHRUTI. It has taught me the basics of computing, which I should have learned in Grade 9 and 10 at school. Our trainer, Shankar Sir, had much more patience than anyone I have ever met. Even though he was not hard-of -hearing himself, […]

“I am one of the first IT trainees at SHRUTI. I have always loved computers and editing photos as a hobby. I had some basic IT knowledge, as I took a computer course at high school. But I didn’t understand very well at the time. Thanks to this training I have a lot more knowledge […]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when restrictions on travel and gatherings were in place and schools were closed, our partners at Berhan Lehetsanat kept the momentum of the Improving Women and Girls’ Health project going through FM radio broadcasts in the Sidamic language – reaching people in neighbouring areas as well as in Malga woreda. Below […]