Kenya

"Millennium Project Update."

Millennium Villages Project component
Above- Right-MDG Icons that have been Africanized by the Regional Service Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Above left:, The special advisor to the UN secretary general on Millennium Development Goals Prof. Jeffrey Sachs(between the men in Sunglasses) is pictured at Bar Sauri Village when he was in Kenya on a special mission from 9-11 January 2006. His meetings with members of the press, the government of Kenya and also a visit to the millennium village in Bar Sauri has earned his book 'The End of Poverty' a rare review in one of the Kenyan dailies. Click here to read the book review of 'End Of Poverty' in Daily Nation .

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs Mission-the Standard Daily Newspaper clip1, clip 2.

Opinion piece from the East African Weekly newspaper.

Prof Jeffrey Sachs speaks at Millennium Village-Bar Sauri

On January 11, 2006, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Director of the UN Millennium Project, visited the Millennium Village in Bar-Sauri, Western Kenya, with colleagues and a delegation of donors from the private sector and non-profit organizations for a visit to the Millennium Village in Bar-Sauri, Western Kenya. The official party included the PS Dr. Edward Sambili, and the MDG Focal Point, Mr. George Anyango, of the Ministry of Planning and National Development, the World Bank Country Director, Mr. Colin Bruce, the Finnish Ambassador, Mr. Matti Kaariainen, the MDG Programme Officer, Ms. Angela Reitmaier, of UNDP, and other donor representatives.. Click for More.
Click here to read about Prof. Jeffrey Sachs visit on 21 July 2005.