overseas aid

Example Sentences

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Britain's smaller overseas aid budget will be targeted at areas in "greatest crisis and conflict", the foreign secretary has said, as she announced some countries face "significantly" reduced grants.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The Labour governments under Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown committed to increasing the overseas aid budget to 0.7% of national income.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025

"But in reality, it is a request for highly targeted and sensible overseas aid to help with education, healthcare and with many of the legacies left by slavery."

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023

Last year, it spent a third of its overseas aid budget housing refugees inside the UK, a British aid watchdog said in March.

From Reuters • May 9, 2023

The overseas aid clinic sends medics to examine Hamza and me.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell