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Foreign Minister  > Kevin Rudd > Horn of Africa Dollar for Dollar Launch, October 2011
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Press conference on the Dollar for Dollar initiative with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, Laura Smyth MP and Tim Costello.

5 October 2011
Kevin Rudd surrounded by representatives from non-government organisations working either themselves or through their partners on the ground in the Horn of Africa.

5 October 2011
Make Poverty History supporters watch on as Kevin Rudd explains the dollar-for-dollar initiative is in line with Australia's commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

5 October 2011
Kevin Rudd holds up a before-and-after photo of 18 month-old Sadak Hassan Abdi and his mother Hukun. Mr Rudd encountered the boy malnourished when he visited the Dolo refugee camp in southern Somalia in July. The second photo, taken 5 weeks later, shows Sadak is now healthy thanks to food supplements funded by Australian humanitarian assistance.

5 October 2011
Make Poverty History co-chairman Tim Costello welcomes the dollar-for-dollar initiative and encourages all Australians to dig deep.

5 October 2011
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd announcing the Government's Dollar for Dollar initiative.

5 October 2011
Minister Rudd speaking about the crisis in the Horn of Africa.

5 October 2011
Press conference on the Dollar for Dollar initiative with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, Laura Smyth MP and Tim Costello.

5 October 2011
Press conference on the Dollar for Dollar initiative with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, Laura Smyth MP and Tim Costello.

5 October 2011
Press conference on the Dollar for Dollar initiative with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, Laura Smyth MP and Tim Costello.

5 October 2011
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