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The KENYA Airlift Program (KAP) is an award-winning initiative that helps brilliant Kenyan students achieve the dream of studying in the US regardless of their financial background. airlift@kenyaairliftprogram.com +254 742 849 555
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- American Education For African Students
- A Desperate Appeal
- Philanthropy and Politics
- Encouraging Democracy in Africa
- Another Presidential Connection
Senator John F. Kennedy and Tom Mboya first met in 1959 at a conference on international affairs. Just 28 years old, Mboya was a labor leader and rising political star in Kenya's liberation movement. At the time, he was on a speaking tour of North America seeking scholarships for Kenyan and other East African students whose opportunities for higher...
As the 1960-61 academic year drew closer, the situation was growing desperate. Appeals to the Department of State for help with transportation were rebuffed. Jackie Robinson approached Vice President Nixon on behalf of AASF and Nixon agreed to contact the State Department—again to no avail. With the future of the project in jeopardy, Tom Mboya retu...
The situation soon erupted into a political issue. A member of Vice President Nixon's campaign strategy board, Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, publicly praised the State Department's grant on August 16, neglecting to mention the prior commitment of the Kennedy Foundation. Speaking the next day on the Senate floor, Senator Scott charged, accordi...
Fifteen former French, British, and Belgian colonies in Africa became independent during the summer and fall of 1960. Kennedy repeatedly stressed the importance of the United States reaching out to these emerging nations. Viewing American support as vital to their future, he also framed it as part of the larger Cold War struggle for hearts and mind...
A large proportion of the students would subsequently assume leadership positions in government and the professions in their home countries. One of them was the future Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya. Another Kenyan, a 23-year-old named Barack Obama, was inspired by the 1959 airlift and made his own way to the University of Hawaii...
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Sep 13, 2021 · About Airlift. Studio Airlift was founded in 2016 by Anna Winger to make writer-driven television. Camille McCurry came on as partner in 2021 and the company became Airlift Productions. The team now also includes Isabel Teitler and Lillian Dam Bracia in development and Kim Benjamin in the office.
47. 901 views 3 years ago #ADC #Obama #Immigration. Today Kibathi is joined by Bob Mwiti from the Kenya Airlift Program, together they discuss the inner workings of the program which focuses...
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Apr 6, 2021 · Through the Kenya Airlift Program, smart students from needy backgrounds secure admissions into universities in the US, funding to see them through college, and a life in the US after graduation. Remarkable, right?
