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The following organisations received UK Aid Direct funding to support projects in Uganda in each of the last 3 years (2014 \u2013 2016): AbleChildAfrica; Lively Minds; Living Earth Foundation (LEF); International Rescue Committee UK; Act4Africa UK; Hospice Africa Ltd; War on Want NI; KwaAfrica (Africare); and Signal (Sensory Impairment Globally Nationally and Locally).<\/p>
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My colleague the Minister of State, Rory Stewart, will meet the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief on 17 January 2017 to discuss this and other issues.<\/p>
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