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Signing of Agreements on Technical Cooperation and Financial Cooperation

On March 4, 2010, H. E. German Ambassador Margit Hellwig-Boette, and Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Hon. Dr. Oburu Odinga, M.P. signed the bilateral agreements on Technical Cooperation and Financial Cooperation.

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Launch Resource Centre for Youth with Visual Impairments

Launch of Resource Centre for Youth with Visual Impairments at the Kenya Union of the Blind

On Tuesday, March 16, German Ambassador Margit Hellwig-Boette launched the Reproductive Health, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Human Rights Resource Centre for Youth with Visual Impairments.

Opening of the German Resource Centre Nairobi

New: German Resource Centre in Nairobi

On 9th March 2010, German Ambassador Margit Hellwig-Boette and CARE International's East-Africa Coordinator, Ms Auma Obama, were the guest speakers at the opening of the new Resource Centre at the German School Nairobi. The Resource Centre is an educational and training facility for German as a foreign language. It is financed by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Roadshow: Kenya ni Wajibu Wangu / My Kenya - my responsibility

What has been going on since the signature of the National Accord and Reconciliation Agreement two years ago? The promises made in it - were they kept?

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"Germany is committed to support Kenyan initiatives to mitigate the risk of conflict"

Two years after the signing of the National Accord and Reconciliation Agreement that ended the post election violence in Kenya, the partnership programme Civil Peace Service (CPS Kenya) has been launched by German Ambassador Margit Hellwig-Boette on February 25 at the new CPS Kenya office in Nairobi.

Together against AIDS - together for Africa

Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has pledged southern African states assistance in the fight against AIDS. At the New Year reception of the German Aids Foundation (23.02.), Westerwelle stressed the importance to foreign policy of the pandemic, which threatened to destabilize entire regions.

The HIV virus knows no borders: the United Nations estimates that roughly 33.4 million people around the world are infected. Sub-Saharan Africa is worst hit by the AIDS pandemic. Two thirds of all those infected with HIV live in Sub-Saharan Africa, more than half of whom are women.

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The first World Cup in Africa!

... alas, not in Kenya ...

But here's the wonderful website of our colleagues in Pretoria