OFID Scholarship Award 2009/10

OFID is pleased to announce that qualified undergraduate students are welcome to apply for the OFID Scholarship 2009/10. The OFID Scholarship will be awarded to support an undergraduate student from any developing country, to pursue higher education in a relevant field of development, in any recognized university/college in the world.
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Feeding the Hungry: rising to the challenge of soaring food prices

In March, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) issued an extraordinary emergency appeal to the global community for help in bridging a critical funding gap caused by soaring food and fuel prices. OFID’s contribution of US$1.5 million...
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Integrated rural infrastructure project will help restore peace in Nepal

The Joint Secretary, Foreign Aid Coordination Division of Nepal’s Ministry of Finance, HE Mr. Krishna Gyawali, was at OFID Headquarters recently to sign a financing agreement. The US$10 million OFID loan will help cofinance a rural reconstruction and rehabilitation project in the country.
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Polio eradication: the final push

Although poised on the brink of eradication in many countries, poliomyelitis (polio) still remains a threat in others. Recent data show a re-emergence of the virus, most notably in countries experiencing civil unrest and political instability.
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Al-Herbish Re-appointed for five-year term: Director-General outlines challenges ahead

The Ministerial Council of OFID at its 29th Annual Session in Isfahan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, June 17, 2008, unanimously re-appointed Mr. Suleiman J. Al-Herbish as Director-General for a second five-year term, commencing November 1, 2008.
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