The Commonwealth Foundation is an international organisation established by the heads of Commonwealth governments to support people's participation in democracy and development. It has six projects running, one of which is supporting the South African Alliance on Youth Employment to broker a learning exchange with community organiser Citizens UK. The Commonwealth Foundation was allocated £1.06 million from the planned Foreign Office ODA spend for 2015/16.

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UK's £50 million pledge to Africa and other foreign aid spending