Faith Cheruiyot

Kenya
Faith graduated from the University of Nairobi last October with a Bachelor of Laws. She is currently involved with several community projects including the giving of free legal aid and the implementation of her action plan from IYP 2004. She is also interning in a law firm that represents many companies who trade in Kenya and is looking to start a Masters in International Trade Law and Investment in 2006. Faith comes from a rural community that has been heavily disadvantaged by unfair trading practices both in Africa and internationally. She believes that her people do not see any benefits from trade and hopes that this project will allow her to better liaise with the Ministry of Trade and the local community to improve the process of trade within her country. Faith is particularly interested in the impact of agricultural trade rules on rural communities. She believes that although Kenya is blessed with many natural resources to benefit agricultural practices, the communities never benefit from this due to unfair trade laws, rules and practices. As a lawyer she would eventually like to assist her government negotiate its stand internationally to improve the trading terms of African countries while working towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and eradication of poverty. Faith believes that the DTP training will help her to better understand the works of the GATT and WTO and the international arena. She believes that once she understands why the unfair trading terms have been created and why her rural community is so disadvantaged she can begin to find a strategy to solve Kenya’s trade problems. Faith hopes that the project will help her to map out a plan with government authorities to improve the agricultural conditions of people within rural communities, as very few people in her country understand what lies behind the process of international trade.

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