Faraway Up Close
This week: Sierra Leone
Tune into RTÉ-ONE on Thursday 3rd May at 10.45pm when Aoife Kavanagh explores Sierra Leone .
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Irish Aid in Sierra Leone

From 2000 - 2006 Ireland has allocated approximately €20 million in funding for Sierra Leone.
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Sierra Leone Information

At 71,740 square kilometres, Sierra Leone is approximately the size of Ireland. With a population of around 6 million people, it is one of the poorest countries in the world and currently ranks second-last, in 176th place, on the United Nations' 2006 Human Development Index.

The country is recovering from a decade-long civil war (1991-2001) and a severe humanitarian crisis.
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About Faraway Up Close

In 2007, The Irish Government will spend €815 million on development assistance to some of the poorest countries in the world.

'Faraway Up Close', now in its second series on RTÉ Television, provides a glimpse into some of these countries and the issues that they face, and looks at how the Irish Government is providing assistance.

Each week, presenter Aoife Kavanagh (Keelin Shanley presented series I) engages with the countries, the issues and the human stories that lie behind them, in order to allow us to see some places where Irish tax-payers money is being spent on aid.

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