Gladys Chebet of Africa Sports and Talents Empowerment Program (A-STEP), an organisation which brings young people together to play sport and learn how to avoid HIV/AIDS, alcoholism and other social problems. DFID supported A-STEP’s peace bulding project in 2008. Photo credit: Big Ideas.
DFID is one of Kenya’s largest bilateral donors, working to enhance governance and accountability, promote economic growth and investment in people, and to improve the quality of aid.
While absolute poverty in Kenya has declined in recent years, inequality remains high: 46% of the population still lives below the food poverty line.
There have been some signs of improvement: more children are in school, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS has fallen and there is better access to clean water and sanitation.
However, it is expected that some of the progress made in recent years will have been negatively affected by the political crisis at the beginning of 2008.