Welcome to the June edition of E-News with all the latest updates from MRDF.

With MRDF support, this women's group has set up a successful business that produces and packages flour.

Transformation in Tanzania

Women in rural areas of Tanzania are setting up small businesses, with support from an MRDF partner.

Unable to access loans and voice opinions in their communities, women in some parts of Tanzania are often confined to the lowest paid jobs in society. However training in business and finance management is enabling them to set up successful enterprises.

Theresia used to be dependent on seasonal labour and was struggling to afford food for her children. Now she has a profitable business processing rice. Read her story here.

Did you Ask the Climate Question?

MRDF supporters joined forces with campaigners across the country to Ask the Climate Question during the 2010 General Election. More than 13,000 emails were sent to parliamentary candidates asking them to put climate change at the top of the political agenda and 4,000 campaigners attended special Climate Question Time events throughout the UK.

It is now crucial that we hold the new government accountable to their pre-election promises. As part of the Stop Climate Choas coalition, MRDF is supporting a lobby of parliament on 20 October.

Make an extraordinary difference

Struggling to find the right wedding present? As wedding season gets into full swing, why not give the happy couple something truly life changing by choosing a present from MRDF's Extraordinary Gift range? From toilets in Uganda to chickens in Guatemala, there's an exciting and unusual range of gifts on offer. You'll also be helping some of the poorest people around the world break out of the cycle of poverty.

Transform lives today

Events

Methodist Conference
24 June - 1 July 2010 (Portsmouth)

Look out for MRDF's interactive stand at this year's conference.

Breakout
9 - 11 July 2010
(Derbyshire)

MRDF will be helping young people connect to communities around the world at the biggest Methodist youth event of the year. Visit the MRDF stall if you are at the event.

The World Cup final
11 July 2010

Struggling to find a team to cheer for? The World Development Movement has produced a ranking of how the participating countries score on global justice issues. Find out which countries are tackling poverty head-on and showing inequality the red card.

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