#globalgoals launch

Very exciting with the launch of the Global Goals this week and the challenge of the 58M children not in primary school - and the rollout of the World's Biggest School Lesson.

Shadow DFID and #globalgoals

Interesting to see how the new Shadow International Development Minister Diane Abbott raises #globalgoals

One campaign and UK aid

The One campaign details only 38% of UK aid linked to supporting the bottom 50 poorest nations. Surely that will be reversed?

Ebola failure

Astonishing that only Medecins Sans Frontieres until the last week or so have been providing 70 hospital beds in Sierra Leone. What have WHO and Governments and the other NGO's been doing?

$4M reward for Boko Haram kidnap girls

#Bringbackourgirls kidnappers now have $4M reward on the leader's head for taking over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls and threatening to sell them. Who are the rest of the bandits?

War Rape

UN finally recognises rape as a weapon of war. Especially in Africa but also Syria and Myanmar. A real step forward for women and girls rights.

Time for Surin Schools Vietnam

Time for Surin Schools in Vietnam: 57M children worldwide not in school and 98% primary school coverage in Vietnam.