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June 2007
Mrs. Laura Bush meets Ambassador Girls' scholarship winners during a visit to Grand Medine Primary School Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in Dakar, Senegal. President Bush's Africa Education Initiative is working to provide 550,000 scholarships to girls throughout Africa by 2010. Pictured are, from left: Khady Diome, 15, of Diohine, Senegal; Fatou Djiby, 15, of Diakhao, Senegal; Christine Ndiaye, 14, of Diakhao, Senegal; Yamama Diop, 15, of Maroneme, Senegal; and Nango Dang, 16, of Thicky Serere, Senegal.
Mrs. Laura Bush meets Ambassador Girls' scholarship winners during a visit to Grand Medine Primary School Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in Dakar, Senegal. President Bush's Africa Education Initiative is working to provide 550,000 scholarships to girls throughout Africa by 2010. Pictured are, from left: Khady Diome, 15, of Diohine, Senegal; Fatou Djiby, 15, of Diakhao, Senegal; Christine Ndiaye, 14, of Diakhao, Senegal; Yamama Diop, 15, of Maroneme, Senegal; and Nango Dang, 16, of Thicky Serere, Senegal.
Mrs. Laura Bush sits in on a roundtable discussion about malaria at Fann Hospital Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in Dakar, Senegal. Malaria is the single leading cause of death in Senegal. This year the United States is providing 16.7 million dollars in assistance to combat the issue. The funding is part of the President's Malaria Initiative that increases malaria funding by more than 1.2 billion dollars over five years. Mrs. Laura Bush listens Tuesday, June 26, 2007, to Fann Hospital staff members discuss their program that brings outpatients together for frequent communal meals and teaches nutritional cooking techniques.
Mrs. Laura Bush meets Ambassador Girls' scholarship winners during a visit to Grand Medine Primary School Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in Dakar, Senegal. President Bush's Africa Education Initiative is working to provide 550,000 scholarships to girls throughout Africa by 2010. Pictured are, from left: Khady Diome, 15, of Diohine, Senegal; Fatou Djiby, 15, of Diakhao, Senegal; Christine Ndiaye, 14, of Diakhao, Senegal; Yamama Diop, 15, of Maroneme, Senegal; and Nango Dang, 16, of Thicky Serere, Senegal. Mrs. Laura Bush and Ms. Jenna Bush pick vegetables during their visit to the Fann Hospital garden with Senegalese First Lady Viviane Wade and her daughter Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in Dakar, Senegal. Supported by USAID, the Fann Hospital gardens provide fresh vegetables to address the nutritional needs of patients with HIV/AIDS, an overlooked, but essential part of their care.
Ms. Jenna Bush hugs a little girl who danced during a performance Tuesday, June 26, 2007, by musician Youssou N'Dour for the children at Grand Medine Primary School in Dakar, Senegal. Mrs. Laura Bush visits with students and teachers at the Nelson Mandela Primary School Complex Friday, June 29, 2007, in Bamako, Mali. The United States is partnering with African nations in the Africa Education Initiative, a $600 million dollar investment that will provide 550,000 scholarships to African children and train more than 900,000 teachers by 2010.
Mrs. Laura Bush and First Lady Toure Lobbo Traore of Mali, left, meet with students and teachers at the Nelson Mandela Primary School Complex Friday, June 29, 2007, in Bamako, Mali. The United States is partnering with African nations in the Africa Education Initiative, a $600 million dollar investment that will provide 550,000 scholarships to African children and train more than 900,000 teachers by 2010.

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