USAID [to 20 June 2015]

USAID [to 20 June 2015]
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USAID, DFID Partner to Advance Girls’ Education Worldwide
June 16, 2015
Commitment includes up to $180 million for girls education—particularly adolescent girls— in conflict-affected areas of the DRC
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today an expanded partnership with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) to advance girls’ education around the world. As part of that commitment, USAID and DFID announced a new partnership of up to $180 million over five years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (£36M committed by DFID; up to $125M by USAID) that will enable girls who are not in school to access accelerated and alternative learning programs in conflict-affected areas (North and South Kivu and Katanga). This program will benefit more than 755,000 girls ages 10-18 over the next five years.