M80 million in DCI Assistance Over the Next 3 Years
  Lesotho will get M80 million worth of assistance from Ireland for the next three years, according to the Consulate General of Ireland in Lesotho Mr. Bill Nolan.

Speaking at a press briefing at the Irish Consulate on March 16, Mr. Nolan said this Development Co-operation Ireland's (DCI) funding programme for 2005 - 2007 will be allocated to the sectors of health, education, HIV/AIDS sectors, including civil society groups dealing with vulnerable
categories of the population. The money would be transferred into the concerned sectors on a quarterly basis.

DCI would continue to support the Treasury Department as it had over the past years, Mr Nolan said, showing how past assistance had been meant to improve public financial management across the entire system of government.

This year, the education sector will be allocated M13 million, health M10 million, AIDS stakeholders M7 million, water and rural access programmes M20 million and the range of governance related agencies M20 million. It is expected that the same amount of funding will be provided in 2006 and 2007.
10 March 2005
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