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Learn MoreIn Kenya, nearly 600 disadvantaged girls have received scholarship and mentorship thorough the Global Give Back Circle program.
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Learn MoreEducating girls can improve the health of a nation’s economy: if 10 percent more girls attended school, a country’s GDP could increase by an average of three percent.
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Learn MoreUSAID is empowering women and girls to exercise their rights as guaranteed by the Constitution.
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Learn MoreEducation allows girls to realize their dreams.
About Kenya
Kenya has the largest, most diversified economy and the second largest population in East Africa. It also has a young, ambitious and well-educated workforce eager to contribute to the development of the country. These factors have helped the country become a leader in mobile-money and information-and-communication technology. As “the gateway to East Africa,” Kenya plays a vital role as a transportation hub for much of sub-Saharan Africa.
The friendship between the Republic of Kenya and the United States dates to the dawn of Kenyan independence. As an important developing-country partner in East Africa, Kenya is a significant recipient of U.S. foreign assistance. For more than 50 years, USAID has worked closely with the Kenyan government, the private sector, and civil society to:
- Advance access to education;
- Improve quality healthcare through nutrition, family planning, and maternal and child health, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and strengthening health programs;
- Lay a foundation for long-term economic growth through trade, agriculture, and infrastructure programs; and
- Make devolution work for the benefit of all Kenyans through democracy, governance and conflict programs.
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