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The Kenyan Cincinnati Association (KCA) looks forward to welcoming The Kenyan Ambassador in Washington DC USA H.E. Elkanah Odembo, and fellow Kenyans to the events that will be taking place next weekend, Saturday November 5th and Sunday November 6th, 2011. We would like to encourage Kenyans around the Tri-State area (Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio) to plan to participate in both events. The Ambassador will be highlighting some important information during his speech as the guest of honor at the Annual KCA dinner and has requested to meet with Kenyans from the Tri-State area to address some concerns affecting Kenyans within the Diaspora. In addition he would like to address the setting up of "The Diaspora advisory committee" (Midwest region) to serve as an important link between the Kenyan population in the Midwest region and the Embassy. Therefore, we urge and encourage Kenyans to take advantage of this opportunity and attend both events (dinner and conference) and to please ...

The Zawadi Africa Education Fund is a program designed to provide scholarships to academically gifted girls from disadvantaged backgrounds from Africa to pursue higher education in the US. The Zawadi Africa Education Fund is based on the highly successful Kennedy/Mboya Student airlifts of the 1960's, through a partnership with individuals and institutions with an interest in creating leadership Background The Africa student airlift program was created in 1959 by the late Tom Mboya, one of the architects of the Kenyan independent movement, to provide a pipeline of young African leaders to staff the newly formed government and parastatal organisations that would be left behind as European colonial officials returned to their home countries, post independence. The late Tom Mboya funded the program through appeals to US Universities, and via private and public US donors including the US State Department, the Kennedy Foundation, and several US luminaries of the Civil rights movem...

Mobile phone: Weapon against global poverty By Kevin Voigt, CNN updated 1:57 AM EST, Sun October 9, 2011 | Filed under: Mobile Indian vendor using her mobile phone to take customers orders (CNN) -- When renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs visited rural villages in sub-Saharan Africa in 2005, he saw impoverished communities with poor drinking water, feast-and-famine crop cycles and rampant malaria infections. What he didn't see was mobile phones. "Now mobile phone ownership is perhaps 30% of households and cell phone coverage is widespread," said Sachs, director of the United Nations Millennium Villages Project, which focuses on improving 14 rural villages across 10 African countries as a model for wider prosperity in the region. The advent of the mobile society may have brought convenience and a cultural sea change to the U.S. and Europe, but in the poorest regions of the world, affordable mobile phone access has caused a quantum leap in services -- like calling...

U.S. Delegation on Food Security Travels to Horn of Africa Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 4, 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has asked USAID Administrator Raj Shah to visit Ethiopia and Kenya to discuss key agricultural and food security issues and demonstrate the United States’ continuing stalwart commitment to provide urgent life-saving aid to the populations affected by the current famine in the Horn of Africa. This delegation includes Administrator Shah, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome Ertharin Cousin, and Acting Special Representative for Global Food Security Jonathan Shrier. The delegation is traveling to Kenya and Ethiopia October 4-5. They will meet with government officials and civil society and private sector representatives to discuss progress in the region and impediments to securing unfettered humanitarian access to the at-risk populations in Somalia and those...

The World Bank - Young Professionals Program World-Class Training. Global Opportunities. Chance to Improve the World. Pick 3. The Young Professionals Program For 45 years, the World Bank’s Young Professionals Program has been the preeminent program preparing global development leaders. If you have a passion for international development and a drive to lead, we want to hear from you. The Young Professionals Program (YPP) is a starting point for an exciting career in the World Bank . It is a unique opportunity for young people who have both a passion for international development and the potential to become future global leaders. The Program is designed for highly qualified and motivated individuals skilled in areas relevant to the World Bank’s operations such as, economics, finance, education, public health, social sciences, engineering, urban planning, and natural resource management. In order to be competitive for this highly selective progr...

CALD has partnered with East Africa Eco Safaris  to provide eco-tourism services and investment in the East African region. We offer a wide range of management consultancy and development in the tourism and Ecotourism sector all over East Africa. East Africa Eco Safaries has professional staff; present in all East African countries. They all posses international experience in tourism and Ecotourism consulting, hotel operations, airlines, touring and recruitment. Ecological Studies We provides wildlife research, biological consulting and educational courses within East africa. We specialize in aquatic systems, endangered species and special status wildlife populations including amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds. Red-legged frog ecology and management is one example of our emphasis within aquatic systems. Our Associate team members specialize in rare plants, wetland delineations, fisheries, bats, and entomology. We also assist our clients with permit requirements an...

The US -Department of State is inviting individuals and organizations to attend a discussion on the food crisis in the Horn of Africa with Diaspora from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and Kenya . Speakers: Ambassador Johnnie Carson , Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and Nancy Lindborg, USAID’s Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Date:   Thursday, September 22, 2011 Time:   3:00-4:00 p.m. Location:  U.S. Mission to the United Nations 45th Street and 1st Avenue New York, New York Please arrive at the 45th Street entrance by 2:45p.m. for security screening and registration photo ID is required Please confirm your attendance no later than 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21, at PublicOutreach@state.gov with subject line: Horn of Africa Briefing. Please include the following information in your reply: Full name, title, title, organization This event is closed to the media.