Economic Growth

Nike Foundation, USAID Partnership Boosts Young Women’s “Value”

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Value Girls Program Changing Lives of Many Women in Kenya
Date Published: 
April 18, 2012
Value Girls member feeding young chicks, photo: USAID/Clara Kakai

Two years ago, 21-year-old Beatrice Kasina was a struggling fish seller on the shores of Kenya’s Lake Victoria. Seventeen-year-old Ruth Otieno was unemployed and fully dependent on the meager income of her fisherman husband. Twenty-three-year-old Susan Opiyo, a single mother of two, was hawking tiny fish, called omena, by the road-side, desperate for motorists to stop and buy so she could feed her young children.

Kenya Agricultural Biotechnology Support Program

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    • K-Rep FAHIDA

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    • Higher Education for Development Drylands Management Program

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    What is the Higher Education for Development Drylands Management Program?

    The Higher Education for Development Drylands Management Program is a USAID-funded partnership between the University of Nairobi and

    *Just Released* 'USAID In Action', USAID/Kenya Annual Report

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    *Just Released* 'USAID In Action', USAID/Kenya Annual Report
    Date Published: 
    February 14, 2012
    USAID In Action

    Check out USAID/Kenya's most recent, comprehensive report 'USAID in Action' by clicking here.

     

    http://kenya.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/USAID%20AR%202010-2.27.12.pdf

    Kisumu Youth Group Turning Trash to Cash

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    Local Kisumu organization making and impact with recycling pogram
    Date Published: 
    February 2, 2012
    Bamato Products photo by: USAID/Kenya staff

    Trash is cash. If you find that hard to believe, just ask the 40 registered groups that work with the Bamato Environmental and Sanitation Project in Kisumu. The groups, which are mostly comprised of urban dwellers, have found ingenious ways of making a living while cleaning up their neighborhoods through waste management strategies.

    Bamato is an acronym derived from three Swahili words: ‘baba’ (father), ‘mama’ (mother), and ‘toto’ (child), capturing the need for an inclusive approach in tackling social and environmental issues in the lake region.

    Kenyan Tea Tree Oil Slides Into International Markets

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    Mt. Kenya Area Farmer's Association Increases Production and Profits
    Date Published: 
    January 27, 2012
    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 products has signed an agreement with Earth Oil Extracts, a local company in Kenya, for the supply of tea tree oil.

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