<p>Through a joint-program, USAID and UKAID provided learning materials to students to improve basic education equitable access to quality education in the DRC with education programming that benefitted over 450,000 female students in formal and non-formal primary schools across eight provinces. 
</p><p>In FY 2017, over 80,000 female students received school kits, which included a string backpack, notebooks, black and colored pencils, and erasers, or other material support to promote access to basic education. 
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