US announces 70 Million Dollars aid to Pakistan for Girls Education
The United Stated today announced USD 70 million aid to Pakistan to educate adolescent girls in the country. According to a report in Press Trust of India (P
During the event 'Joint US-Pakistan Let Girls Learn', Michelle said, with this funding, the United States will build more than a dozen new schools and rehabilitate hundreds of others. "We are going to be setting up health screenings for thousands of girls to ensure that they are getting the medical care they need. We will be funding skill-training programmes and college scholarships for girls. And taken together, these efforts will reach 2,00,000 girls in Pakistan," Michelle added.
"This investment represents a major milestone for these girls and for Pakistan. But I want to be clear that today's announcement is actually part of a much bigger story about global girls' education - a story that started last spring here, at least for us, at the White House when the President and I launched our new initiative called Let Girls Learn," she concluded.
TI), US First Lady Michelle Obama said, "Building on Pakistan's commitment to double education spending, the US will be investing USD 70 million to educate adolescent girls in Pakistan."During the event 'Joint US-Pakistan Let Girls Learn', Michelle said, with this funding, the United States will build more than a dozen new schools and rehabilitate hundreds of others. "We are going to be setting up health screenings for thousands of girls to ensure that they are getting the medical care they need. We will be funding skill-training programmes and college scholarships for girls. And taken together, these efforts will reach 2,00,000 girls in Pakistan," Michelle added.
"This investment represents a major milestone for these girls and for Pakistan. But I want to be clear that today's announcement is actually part of a much bigger story about global girls' education - a story that started last spring here, at least for us, at the White House when the President and I launched our new initiative called Let Girls Learn," she concluded.
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