
United States Gives Millions to Educate Girls in Pakistan
First Lady Michelle Obama recently announced that the United States is pledging $70 million in order to educate young girls in Pakistan. The money will help build new schools, repair old schools, provide job training classes, and fund college scholarships. Obama says that this is money that is going toward the creation of the next generation of doctors, educators, and businesswomen. An estimated 200,000 Pakistani girls will benefit.
The wife and daughter of the Pakistani prime minister were present when Obama made the public announcement on the multi-million pledge. They commended Obama as an inspiration for females everywhere.
Pakistan recently announced that the country will double its spending on education, part of which includes ensuring that more girls are enrolled as students and more women are hired as teachers. In certain parts of the world, females are less likely to be educated because of their gender.
Obama’s recent announcement to financially assist Pakistan is just one aspect of the first lady’s efforts to educate girls globally. She is leading the Let Girls Learn program, which aims to help more than 62 million girls worldwide go to school. The United States has received pledges to fund the program from other countries, including $200 million from Korea.
Brye Butler Steeves
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