Education and Youth

USAID/Kenya provides vital support for schooling and all essentials for nearly 600,000 orphans and vulnerable children This support includes food assistance as well as medical and pyschological care.

Economic Growth

USAID benefits individual farmers with training, innovations, links to markets, and access to credit

Education and Youth

USAID aims to upgrade teaching in more than 2,000 schools in 2011. That means improving the quality of education for approximately 400,000 children.

Environment

With USAID/Kenya support, women of the Green Belt Movement restored 220 hectares of forest in the Aberdares in 2010.

Water and Sanitation

USAID's Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene program increases access to improved water supplies for remote Kenyan communities.

Health

In some Muslim communities in North Eastern Province, Imams encourage women to use "cycle beads" - a natural family planning method.

Education and Youth

Nearly half a million pre-school and primary pupils studied in USAID/Kenya supported schools in 2009.

Environment

USAID/Kenya trains community wildlife scouts and helps community conservancies earn income from their landscapes and wildlife. Increased security for residents, wildlife, and visitors is key to making conservancies work.

Education and Youth

USAID/Kenya’s education program gives vulnerable children a space to learn and play.

Health

USAID/Kenya's HIV prevention programs reach out to bicycle taxi operators and other high-risk groups.

Stories from Kenya

KOOFA farmer caring for her tea tree crop
The next time you buy an organic oil product from any of The Body Shop stores around the world, a farmer in Mt Kenya may be smiling all the way to the bank. The US-based cosmetic giant that manufactures natural and ethical...
Garissa Livestock Market, where the District Livestock Marketing Council (DLMC)
Garissa County sees sporadic conflict among three clans. In October 2010, a skirmish led to the closure of the Garissa Livestock Market, one of the most important markets in Kenya. “The closure was disastrous as we lost...
Youth from different communities in Eldoret were brought together through soccer
Njoroge was “displaced” from his home in an Eldoret slum by the post-election violence in 2008.  He was 11. Many residents stayed indoors during the mayhem following the elections, but after several days and looming...
Emily Otieno, the "Iron Lady of Nanyuki"
Emily Otieno is also known as the Iron Lady of Nanyuki.  Her friends say that she has magic words which help those in denial of their HIV status begin to start living positively.  “People were dying through stigma...
Rex Asali, passion fruit farmer.
Innovate and diversify: This is USAID/Kenya’s basic advice to farmers, backed up by practical training, technical assistance and connection to finance and markets. Passion fruit is a prime example of this philosophy.
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