The focus of the activity is to scale the impacts of USAID’s resilience programming through local systems. The activity is implemented by ACDI/VOCA, in close collaboration with Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) and is supported by an investment manager and select financial institution partners. USAID Kuza is implemented under the Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity (LMS) award as an Associate Award 4 and supports economic opportunities in Northern Kenya. 

USAID Kuza works in ten arid and semi-arid counties of northern Kenya to:

• improve the enabling environment for economic opportunities, 
• accelerate public-private investment, 
• expand and deepen county-level capacity to build resilience, 
• foster self-reliance, and 
• reduce the need for humanitarian assistance.