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Towards gender justice in the DRC: How SCIAF is supporting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence

Towards gender justice in the DRC: How SCIAF is supporting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence

Trigger Warning: Please note this podcast episode addresses themes of sexual and gender-based violence, which may be upsetting or triggering for listeners. During this episode UK Aid Match grant holder SCIAF and their downstream partner Centre Olame share how they have been supporting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in the DRC with medical care, trauma counselling and legal support, as well as looking at ways to prevent sexual and gender-based violence in the future.

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Towards gender justice in the DRC: How SCIAF is supporting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence

Towards gender justice in the DRC: How SCIAF is supporting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence

Trigger Warning: Please note this podcast episode addresses themes of sexual and gender-based violence, which may be upsetting or triggering for listeners. During this episode UK Aid Match grant holder SCIAF and their downstream partner Centre Olame share how they have been supporting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in the DRC with medical care, trauma counselling and legal support, as well as looking at ways to prevent sexual and gender-based violence in the future.

Organisational approaches to disability inclusion: Insights from MannionDaniels, Fund Manager for UK Aid Match

Organisational approaches to disability inclusion: Insights from MannionDaniels, Fund Manager for UK Aid Match

In this podcast episode MannionDaniels, Fund Manager for UK Aid Match, share how they have been supporting disability inclusion at an organisational level. Listen in for practical advice on inclusive recruitment, accessible communications and how to manage reasonable adjustments.

Improving disability inclusion in Rwanda: an interview with CBM UK

Improving disability inclusion in Rwanda: an interview with CBM UK

In our latest podcast episode, we speak to Dorota Kachniarz, Programme Manager at CBM UK, part of CBM Global Disability Inclusion, to learn how they improved and supported disability inclusion through their eye health programme in rural Rwanda.

Reflections from a UK Aid Match team visit: navigating the ‘poly-crisis’ in Malawi

Reflections from a UK Aid Match team visit: navigating the ‘poly-crisis’ in Malawi

In this Podcast, UK Aid Match team members Emma and Gem reflect on their visit to Malawi to visit four UK Aid Match grant holders. Listen in to hear how the recent ‘poly-crisis’ is affecting grant holders delivering projects in Malawi, how they have been responding, and the importance of adaptability and flexibility within project design.

Creches for Bangladesh: How RNLI and their partner CIPRB are reducing the risk of drowning in young children

Creches for Bangladesh: How RNLI and their partner CIPRB are reducing the risk of drowning in young children

Every day in Bangladesh 40 children under the age of ten drown, with 30 of those children under the age of five. To highlight World Drowning Prevention Day we spoke to RNLI and their partner CIPRB about their work setting up Anchals - community-based creches - to provide young children a safe space away from open water. Listen in to hear about the success of the project and how this has led to a national scale-up programme with the government of Bangladesh.

Learnings and challenges from the UK Aid Match portfolio during the current economic crisis

Learnings and challenges from the UK Aid Match portfolio during the current economic crisis

In this podcast Gem Clark (Funds Portfolio Manager, UK Aid Match) and Noeleen Advani (Senior Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, UK Aid Match) discuss the current global economic crisis and inflation challenges facing civil society organisations and share learnings from the UK Aid Match portfolio with our grant holders and civil society.

The secrets to a successful fundraising appeal: an interview with Trocaire

The secrets to a successful fundraising appeal: an interview with Trocaire

Running a successful fundraising appeal during a busy external environment and a cost-of-living crisis, is a challenge that many charities are facing. So, what makes for a successful appeal? Listen in to hear UK Aid Match charity Trocaire's top tips.

Breaking down cultural and structural barriers in projects: an interview with Opportunity International

Breaking down cultural and structural barriers in projects: an interview with Opportunity International

In this episode, we hear from Lydia Baffour Awuah for UK Aid Match grant holder, Opportunity International, on breaking down cultural and structural gender barriers in their livelihoods for rural women farmers project in Ghana.

Another successful UK Aid Match appeal: international NGO, Right To Play, share their 'Save Her Seat' campaign insights with us

Another successful UK Aid Match appeal: international NGO, Right To Play, share their 'Save Her Seat' campaign insights with us

Speaking to Morven Loh, Communications Manager for The Social Change Agency, Gillian McMahon from Right To Play, talks about their charity's incredibly successful, UK Aid Match 'Save Her Seat' appeal.

Insights and learnings from running a successful UK Aid Match appeal: an interview with READ Foundation

Insights and learnings from running a successful UK Aid Match appeal: an interview with READ Foundation

In this episode, we hear from Aamer Naeem and Zahid Rehman from READ Foundation on their successful UK Aid Match, ‘Because She Can’ (Empower Her) appeal earlier this year.

World Humanitarian Day: reflections on the Jo Cox Memorial Grants and the legacies they leave behind

World Humanitarian Day: reflections on the Jo Cox Memorial Grants and the legacies they leave behind

To mark World Humanitarian Day this year, we were joined by Su Moore, CEO of the Jo Cox Foundation to talk about Jo Cox and the legacies that the projects funded with Jo Cox Memorial Grants will leave behind.

Village, Savings and Loans Associations: successful sustainable wealth creation interventions

Village, Savings and Loans Associations: successful sustainable wealth creation interventions

Continuing our series on successful sustainable wealth creation interventions in projects, this episode focuses on some of the common challenges when setting up a Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) and ways to overcome them.

Mainstreaming disability: an interview with Sightsavers

Mainstreaming disability: an interview with Sightsavers

In this episode, we speak to Itfaq Khaliq Khan, Senior Programme Manager at Sightsavers Pakistan, about the successes of the organisation's Right to Health project in Pakistan and Bangladesh and what steps were put in place to make the project inclusive to marginalised communities. To find out more about the Right to Health project, head over to: sightsavers.org/programmes/right-to-health/

Inclusive safeguarding: an interview with Sense International

Inclusive safeguarding: an interview with Sense International

In this episode, we speak to Sarah Jane Dowling, Safeguarding Lead at Sense International, about some of the key safeguarding challenges when working with people with deafblindness and multi-sensory disabilities and how the organisation has been able to mitigate them

The power of tech to connect remote communities: an interview with Hello World

The power of tech to connect remote communities: an interview with Hello World

In this episode, we speak with Angharad Jones and Katrin McMillan of Hello World about their work creating Hello Hubs, outdoor solar powered internet Hubs in rural mountainous Nepal. We discuss the set-up of the Hubs, how important it is to develop projects where the whole community is at the heart of it and learn how they are bridging the digital divide.

Tailoring project interventions to a target community

Tailoring project interventions to a target community

This is the fourth episode in a series focused entirely on sustainable wealth creation projects and how to overcome some of the common challenges they present. We are joined by Rick Magill, an expert in this field, who provides some of his insights and experience. In this episode, Rick discusses identifying how much money is needed to ensure a new occupation is viable and how to choose the right job that will successfully embed in the target community.

Safeguarding: top tips and best practice

Safeguarding: top tips and best practice

In this episode, we speak to Laura Spilsbury, Operations Manager and Safeguarding Lead for UK Aid Match and UK Aid Direct, about some key learnings and good examples of safeguarding practice from across the UK Aid Match and UK Aid Direct portfolio.

Business cases and targets: successful sustainable wealth creation interventions

Business cases and targets: successful sustainable wealth creation interventions

Continuing our series on successful sustainable wealth creation interventions in projects, this episode focuses on the components required to build a good business case and the importance of realistic targets.

Play-based learning interventions: an interview with Seenaryo

Play-based learning interventions: an interview with Seenaryo

In this episode, we speak to Seenaryo's Chief Operating Officer Naqiya Ebrahim about the organisation's play-based learning project in Lebanon. We discuss the progress of the project so far, the merits of play-based learning and how the project overcame the challenge of operating during COVID-19.

Messaging and publicity: easy wins for smaller organisations to improve their communications output and outreach

Messaging and publicity: easy wins for smaller organisations to improve their communications output and outreach

Communicating the impact from the work of civil society to support the most vulnerable and marginalised is important for all charities. In this podcast we hear from Communications Specialist for UK Aid Direct, Laura Else, on why it is especially important small charities consider their role in contributing to the broader narrative around international development and efficacy. We also hear top tips for securing publicity from local media outlets.