Contribution to international development report: 2018-2019

Summary

Summary of Scottish Government key contributions in 2018/2019 towards achievement of the UN global goals in our partner countries

1 No Poverty

• In Rwanda, through Opportunity International 6,523 VSLA members have begun running income generating schemes.
• In Rwanda, a total of 838 Self Help Groups (12,906 women, 1,952 men) have been trained; the groups are actively saving and lending to each other; with cumulative combined savings of around £648k.

2 Zero Hunger

• In Malawi, 28,441 children are receiving a daily meal.
• In Zambia, 2,078 households experiencing greater food security in Central Province as a result of engagement with Gaia Education’s ZYCALA project.
• In Mali, under our Humanitarian Emergency Fund: cash was distributed cash to 340 households to purchase food and kitchen utensils; and the food needs of 478 households was separately met.

3 Good Health and Well-Being

• In Malawi, through the St John Scotland Project, 1,144 pregnant women and new mothers enrolled in safe motherhood household outreach programme and 9,412, including 3,318 men and 6,094 women reached by clinical outreach services in remote areas.
• In Malawi, 400 additional women have received cervical cancer screening and 11 new VIA providers have been trained. This training is integral to a widened provision of cervical cancer screening.
• In Malawi, two recently graduated psychiatrists have moved into senior posts in the College of Medicine or Ministry of Health mental health institutions.
• In Zambia, through our Police Scotland funded partnership: 40 Police Trainers trained to cascade First Aid Training.
• In Zambia, First Aid Africa have continued their development of innovative technology, with their mobile first aid app being used at over 200 emergencies.
• In Mali, under our Humanitarian Emergency Fund, cash distributed to 340 households to provide hygiene and sanitation kits and mosquito bed nets: access to clean water also supported improvements to hygiene and sanitation whilst mosquito nets helped protect from malaria risk.

4 Quality Education

• In Malawi, 710 children, including 387 boys and 323 girls, with additional needs have been identified and are enrolled in and attending primary school or secondary school. 360 of these learners with additional needs have attend Family Awareness & Communication Training sessions.
• In Malawi, an additional 1,686 children have enrolled in the 27 primary schools in Zomba within the Mary’s Meal’s project; a total of 28,441 children (13,617 girls and 14,824 boys) are now receiving a daily meal. An additional 419 under-6 children have enrolled in the ECD centres; a total of 2,233 children (1,176 girls and 1,814 boys) are now enrolled in 34 ECD centres.
• In Zambia, through the University of Aberdeen, 1,987 learners in 24 literacy centres are using the social practices approach.
• In Zambia, 428 teachers in Central Province reached by Open University’s school-based professional development programme.
• In Pakistan, over 2,000 children from disadvantaged and minority backgrounds have been awarded scholarships to complete a year of education.

5 Gender Equality

• In Pakistan, 195 young women from disadvantaged backgrounds have been awarded scholarships to study Masters courses at Pakistani Universities.
• In Malawi, through the provision of scholarships, 23 additional girls are enrolled in secondary school and two are enrolled in University.
• In Zambia, through our Levelling the Field Programme partnership with Comic Relief: 45 coaches trained as role models to facilitate girls’ empowerment using the SKILLZ street football curriculum and Human Rights based approach in the three project sites; and trained coaches rolled out school and community-based sessions on HIV and Sexual Reproductive Health to 810 adolescent girls and young women in the project sites.
• In Rwanda, through our Levelling the Field Programme partnership with Comic Relief, Shooting Touch used basketball to engage women and girls in rural Rwanda; 400 men in the community attended family day events, with 96% reporting they support females playing sports.
• In Malawi, through our Police Scotland funded partnership, 32 Senior Investigating Officers involved in Gender Violence cases trained in Investigative Techniques.

6 Clean Water and Sanitation

• In Rwanda, through WaterAid, a 637 Community Hygiene Clubs from all 536 target villages are operational and 288,488 people (139,503 women and 124,880 men) are active members.
• In Malawi, through the WaterAid project, eight boreholes were constructed in Early Childhood Development Centres and one village borehole was constructed in Chipembere village. The boreholes are now providing safe water to 4,676 people.
• In Malawi, 110 community members received training on their roles in water point management and monitoring of borehole drilling processes.
• In Malawi, following the recent floods we rehabilitated 306 boreholes in five Districts: funding directly enhanced the health and well-being of 175,156 people.

7 Affordable and Clean Energy

• In Malawi, 100 NGO and Government employees have been trained to utilise renewable electricity and two district development planning meetings focussing on energy have been held.
• In Malawi, through Community Energy Malawi: eight new renewable energy systems, including an irrigation system, four shop lighting systems, a barber shop, a café with refrigeration; training for 30 district officials from the National Initiative for Civic Education to improve awareness and understanding of renewable energy; and training sessions for 10 districts on management and maintenance of community energy systems.
• In Zambia, First Aid Africa have been able to provide solar power to three health clinics, saving 240 metric tonnes in CO₂ emissions. Over 20,000 patients benefited from this clean and renewable energy source.

8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

• In Malawi, 24 trainees with disabilities, 16 men and eight women, have completed vocational training in tailoring or cane furniture making, business and financial management, HIV/AIDS awareness, reproductive health, gender awareness and organic manure production training.
• In Rwanda, Challenges Worldwide’s support for farmers to access international markets: this year 364,380 kgs of coffee have been exported by eight Co-operatives in the programme.
• In Malawi, through ALC, investment in Lake Malawi Aquaculture, this commercial fish farm will directly employ c.30 members of staff.

9 Industry Innovation and Infrastructure

• In Pakistan, affordable ESOL water purification system installed and tested on the National University of Science and Technology campus in Islamabad.

10 Reduced Inequalities

• In Malawi, 123 people attended disability mainstream training in Northern, Central and Southern regions.
• 50 women received modular training from the British Council, academics and UN Senior Advisers: including on gender security needs, women’s political participation and personal protection.

11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

• In Malawi, with a database built to support the Government of Malawi to direct investment into clean water for all: we’ve mapped and assessed 82,436 improved water points along with 252,285 sanitation facilities.

12 Responsible Consumption and Production

• In Malawi, 61 training sessions have been held, including woodlot management and community engagement sessions.

13 Climate Action

• In Zambia, 315 farmers have adopted at least one Sustainable Organic Agriculture practice after participating in SCIAF’s Kabwe Kumena project.
• In Rwanda, over 620 ‘Village Agriculture Development Facilitators’ trained on a number of climate smart agricultural techniques: these facilitators have gone on to train around 7,000 small holder farmers in use of these techniques to improve yields and build resilience to climate change.
• In Malawi, 26 inspiring young people (age 18-35) recruited for Malawi’s Climate Leaders project, to become involved in the 20:50 Climate Group, to take the lead in creating a sustainable future for Malawi. two month-long intercultural exchange visits between Young Leaders in Scotland and Malawi allowed for a better understanding of climate justice issues and exposure to different approaches to sustainability.
• Our Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill raises the ambition of our domestic emissions reduction targets in line with the Paris Agreement: setting a target date of 2045 for reaching net-zero emissions; and raising the ambition of the 2030 and 2040 targets to 70% and 90% emissions reductions respectively.

14 Life Below Water

• In Malawi, through ALC, investment in Lake Malawi Aquaculture, our funding was matched by new private investors from Norway and Scotland, doubling the investment available. The blend of expertise in responsible and sustainably managed aquaculture at scale, drawn from four countries working in partnership (Malawi, Norway, Kenya and Scotland) will deliver a large-scale aquaculture project.

• In Malawi, a Small Grant project supported 15 hatchery operators (HOs) to produce and sell 96,000 fingerlings to 120 grow-out fish farmers. Estimated total value of fish sold by grow-out fish farmers – £12,490 equivalent. Of the 15 HOs selected to participate in the project, six made significant net annual profits from fingerling sales equivalent to £150-£460, with an average profit of £283.

15 Life on Land

• In Malawi, 6,373 seedlings have been planted with a 77.4% survival rate.
• In Zambia, 1,297 young people receiving increased opportunities and effectiveness as agents of change in Sustainable Agricultural & Agroforestry, Community Building, Ecosystem Conservation and Advocacy & Communication through Gaia Education’s ZYCALA project.

16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

• In Rwanda, 180 men and boys were trained on how to use positive masculinity in preventing and responding to SGBV, aiming to end intimate partner violence in their communities.
• In Malawi, through our Police Scotland funded partnership: 40 Community Policing Co-ordinators trained to train Community Policing Volunteers in Community Partnerships; 200 Refurbished Police Scotland Desktops delivered to Malawi Police ICT; 18 of 39 Police Stations and establishments are now connected.
• In Zambia, through our Police Scotland funded partnership: 32 Senior Investigating Officers involved in Gender Violence cases trained in Investigative Techniques.

17 Partnerships for the Goals

• We fund a range of Scottish based organisations, such as registered charities, universities, local authorities, NHS Boards, private sector, companies and social enterprises, with a strong emphasis on respectful partnership
• We work in close partnership with the Scottish Fair Trade Forum, Scotland’s International Development Alliance, the Scotland Malawi Partnership, the Malawi Scotland Partnership and Comic Relief to enable sustainable development in our partner countries, and raise awareness of international development work in Scotland. In particular this year, our partnership model led to the Alliance developing “Safer for All”, a package of tools, resources and information to aim to transform safeguarding standards across the sector in Scotland.
• In Zambia, one of our large grant holders (First Aid Africa) and a Small Grant holder (Friends of Chitambo) worked with a private Zambian business (Synwavepower) to secure and install solar panels in Chitambo Hospital. Through their CSR offer, and partnership working, Synwavepower installed the panels and trained local staff to maintain them in future.