Where cash goes... a pop group and flatulent cows
£4million to fund Ethiopia’s own Spice Girls. Yegna launched a radio show and videos to empower women in the African country.
£15million on a scheme to reduce the flatulence of Colombian cattle to fight climate change.
£25million to team up meteorologists with Kenyan ‘rain-makers’ who observe the movement of ants to predict the weather.
Britain committed £700million to help impoverished children in Pakistan – where corrupt officials creamed off vast amounts of cash.
£3million on unwanted helicopters to help out with the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake.
A £22.5million programme of aid for China included role-play sessions to encourage young people there to think about climate change.
£1.8million to build a hotel and leisure complex in Barbados which will train 200 young people a year in ‘hospitality management’.
Britain gives £72million a year to Palestine, more than one-third of which goes straight to the Palestinian Authority, which critics say supports terrorists.
A report from an aid watchdog found that UK aid fuels corruption in Nigeria.