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 WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Laura Bush on Tuesday honored three Kenyan students who are the first women from their home communities to go to college.
Introducing a new video about President Bush's Africa education program, the first lady highlighted the program's goals of promoting education for girls, providing textbooks and training teachers.
The Maasai students recognized by the first lady — Eunice Kaelo, Evelyn Nkadori and Agnes Kisai — are success stories of the initiative's effort to educate girls. According to United States Agency for International Development, girls account for about 60 percent of the 42 million African children not enrolled in school.
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