Kenya Country Program

Overview of essential facts


What?	Who?	When?	Where?	How?
Internship programs with the motto “Learning by doing”	Interns: Agriculture students (around 18-26 years old)	From May until November	Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Rhenish Hesse, Palatinate	Preparation: Intensive German language course in Kenya and a week-long introduction course in Baden-Württemberg
Specialization: fruit and vegetable growing, dairy cattle	Host companies: Family-run agriculture companies in southern Germany			A six-month long internship with host families 2 cross-company meetings, including professional excursions
	Country partners: Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ)			Offers of digital continued education
				Regional meetings for host families to exchange experiences

Population	48 million (83 inhabitants per km²)
Capital city	Nairobi (approximately 3.5 million inhabitants)
Area	69,700 km² (near the size of Ukraine)
Currency	Kenia-Schilling (KES) (125 KES is equivalent to 1 Euro)
GDP	163 billion USD (Nr. 1 in Southeast and Central Africa)
Official languages	Swahili und English
Demographics	> 40 ethnic groups with > 50 different languages
Religion	82.6 % Christian (Protestant, Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox)
Agriculture	Subsistence agriculture of fruit (banana, mango, papaya), vegetables (beans, peas, cabbage), tea and tubers (potato, sweet potato, cassava)