NGOs asked to come up with projects
Shiree, a poverty alleviation fund supported by DFID, organised a knowledge fair for NGOs at the British Council auditorium in the city yesterday. Shiree, a programme supported by DFID with a fund of $130 million, launched its website yesterday. The programme aims at lifting over 10 lakh people out of extreme poverty. Speakers at the launching ceremony of the website asked the NGOs to come up with poverty alleviation projects to get funds. The NGOs can apply for funds for poverty reduction projects from Shiree by logging into its website www.shiree.org.