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Haiti Trip 2008
Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by Guerda Previlon, right, chief of party IDEJEN, and Gabriel Bienime, Haiti Education Minister, visits with a student enrolled in the IDEJEN educational program at the College de St. Martin Tours Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mrs. Bush told students and teachers that it is "really important for students to realize they need to keep going, to study more, and really to complete school."
Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by Guerda Previlon, right, chief of party IDEJEN, and Gabriel Bienime, Haiti Education Minister, visits with a student enrolled in the IDEJEN educational program at the College de St. Martin Tours Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mrs. Bush told students and teachers that it is "really important for students to realize they need to keep going, to study more, and really to complete school."
Mrs. Laura Bush waves as she arrives Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mrs. Laura Bush meets with President Rene Preval of Haiti Thursday, March 15, 2008, during her visit to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Mrs. Laura Bush attends a briefing Thursday, March 13, 2007 at the GHESKIO HIV/AIDS Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. GHESKIO is a participant in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has contributed approximately $365 million to fight HIV/AIDS in Haiti. Mrs. Laura Bush speaks with a clinic patient and at risk adolescents during her visit Thursday, March 13, 2007 at the GHESKIO HIV/AIDS Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. GHESKIO is a participant in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has contributed approximately $365 million to fight HIV/AIDS in Haiti.
Mrs. Laura Bush is introduced to a participant and her infant daughter at the GHESKIO HIV/AIDS Center’s women’s clinic, Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The program was initiated to help improve the lives of HIV patients. Mrs. Laura Bush speaks with a participant in the micro-credit program developed at the GHESKIO HIV/AIDS Center’s women’s clinic, Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The program was initiated to help improve the lives of HIV patients.
A choir sings a welcome song for Mrs. Laura Bush during her visit to the IDEJEN educational program at the College de St. Martin Tours Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by Guerda Previlon, right, chief of party IDEJEN, and Gabriel Bienime, Haiti Education Minister, visits with a student enrolled in the IDEJEN educational program at the College de St. Martin Tours Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
A student works on a sculpture Thursday, March 13, 2008, during Mrs. Laura Bush's visit to the IDEJEN educational program at the College de St. Martin Tours, in Port-au-Prine, Haiti. Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by Guerda Previlon, right, chief of party IDEJEN, and Gabriel Bienime, Haiti Education Minister, visits with a student enrolled in the IDEJEN educational program at the College de St. Martin Tours Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mrs. Bush told students and teachers that it is "really important for students to realize they need to keep going, to study more, and really to complete school."
A student at the IDEJEN educational program reads from a chalkboard Thursday March, 13, 2008, during Mrs. Laura Bush's visit to the program at the College de St. Martin Tours in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mrs. Laura Bush visits students enrolled in the IDEJEN educational program at the College de St. Martin Tours Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Speaking to the program’s faculty and staff Mrs. Bush said, “Educating its young people is one of the best things a country can do to ensure its continued development.”

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