name: Department for International Development
text: The charitable arm of the British government, DFID is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to eliminate extreme poverty.  They have 64 offices overseas.
  
  Since 2001, DFID has spent over 390 million GBP on reconstruction and development in Afghanistan.  They have committed to spending a further 300 million GBP of a wider UK pledge of 500 million by 2009.
  
  http://www.dfid.gov.uk/