First Lady Michelle Obama visits Liberia, urges girls to fight to stay in school

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama has urged girls in Liberia to fight to stay in school, as she began her tour of Africa, aiming at promoting girls’ education.

The First Lady is accompanied on the tour by her two daughters Malia, 17, and Sasha, 15, as well as her mother Marian Robinson.

Michelle launched her “Let Girls Learn” education initiative in March 2015, and has been travelling across the globe to solicit for greater support for millions of girls kept away from school or forced to abandon their studies for various reasons.

The mother of two met girls and young women in Kakata, east of the capital Monrovia. 

faced serious obstacles in attaining an education”, according to a White House statement.

The United States Agency for International Development (USaid) meanwhile announced on Monday millions more dollars of funding would be made available to support the Let Girls Learn Initiative in Liberia.

Mitchelle is due to travel to Morocco after her Liberia visit.

Reuters