Press Releases

Ugandan Government Launches Scale-up of Millennium Villages Project

KAMPALA, July 1, 2013 – In a landmark ceremony in Kampala last week, the Government of Uganda launched the scale up of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP), supported by new funding from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) of $US 9.75 million. The announcement follows the success of Ruhiira Millennium Village in the south west of the country, which since 2006 has served as a proof of concept of the benefits of an integrated, holistic approach to rural development pioneered by the MVP.

Nigeria Working With Earth Institute to Expand Anti-Poverty Program

Nigeria is ramping up its effort to fight extreme poverty in many of its poorest areas, using hundreds of millions of dollars available through an international debt relief program, combined with money from local governments, to expand health care, education, water infrastructure and other programs.

Rwanda to Scale Up Millennium Villages Approach Nationwide

NAIROBI, September 13 — The Rwandan government and the Millennium Villages Project will work together in a new partnership to spread efforts to eradicate extreme poverty throughout the nation. The partnership will build on the project’s successes in improving health, education and business opportunities in Mayange, a Millennium Village community of about 23,000 people.

New Millennium Village Site Aims to Improve Lives of 30,000 in Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana, 28 August 2012 — A new Millennium Village to help 30,000 poor villagers to escape poverty in northern Ghana has been launched today with support from the Governments of the United Kingdom and Ghana.

The new Millennium Village site will include communities in some of the poorest sections of the West-Mamprusi and Builsa Districts of northern Ghana.