USA Today – Jane Onyanga-Omara
“First lady Michelle Obama met students here Tuesday as she visited the city to promote girls’ education. Some of the young people at east London’s Mulberry School for Girls held American and British flags to greet Obama, who is promoting the “Let Girls Learn” initiative, aimed at helping adolescent girls around the world complete their education. She announced the initiative with President Obama at the White House in March and promoted it during a trip to Japan and Cambodia later that month. “The world needs more girls like you growing up to lead our parliaments and our board rooms and our courtrooms and our universities,” she told the London students, who are mostly from working-class backgrounds. “We need you.” The first lady also announced a $200 million program between the U.S. and Britain to support girls’ education in countries affected by conflict, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone and Liberia.”(more)