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February 2008
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush join children and their families during a welcoming program Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, at the Maasai Girls School in Arusha, Tanzania.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush join children and their families during a welcoming program Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, at the Maasai Girls School in Arusha, Tanzania.
Mrs. Laura Bush pats the back of 7-year-old Zuwena Dooto, after she presented Mrs. Bush with a scrapbook during the launch of the National Plan for Action event at the WAMA Foundation Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, in Dar es Salaam. Mrs. Laura Bush and Madame Chantal de Souza Yayi, wife of President Boni Yayi of Benin, watch as representatives of the USAID-Supported Mothers' Association perform Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, during their visit in Cotonou, Benin.
Mrs. Laura Bush waves to a child as she tours the stations of the WAMA Foundation in Dar es Salaam Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. The Foundation is a non-profit founded by Mrs. Salma Kikwete, First Lady of Tanzania, focusing on development by improving women’s social and economic status by redefining gender roles and creating more opportunities for the development of women and children. Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Salma Kikwete sit at the head of the table during a roundtable Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, in Dar es Salaam, with Madrasa graduates who have received HIV prevention education as part of their religious instruction. Madrasa training is comparable to the training students in the U.S. receive in Sunday school or Hebrew school.
Mrs. Laura Bush and Madame Chantal de Souza Yayi, wife of President Boni Yayi, enjoy a performance by recipients of the Ambassador's Girls Scholarship during a visit Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush to Benin. Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Salma Kikwete acknowledge the performance of the Madrasa Salima Choir as they depart Karimjee Hall Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, after participating in a roundtable discussion on HIV/AIDS.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, visit with a staff doctor Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, at the Amana District Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where President Bush and Mrs. Bush visited a patients and staff at the hospital's care and treament clinic. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, stand with the family members of victims during a moment of silence Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008 in the memorial garden of the U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, in remembrance for those who died in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing.
Mrs. Laura Bush and Salma Kikwete, wife of President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, stand on the red carpet Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, after the arrival of President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush to Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam. Mrs. Laura Bush views a medical slide thru a microscope Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, during a tour of the Meru District Hospital outpatient clinic in Arusha, Tanzania.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush join children and their families during a welcoming program Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, at the Maasai Girls School in Arusha, Tanzania. Mrs. Laura Bush smiles as she meets with patients and staff Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, doing a tour of the outpatient clinic at the Meru District Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush pose for a photo Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, with patients and staff at the Meru District Hospital outpatient clinic in Arusha, Tanzania. Mrs. Laura Bush speaks with the management representatives of A to Z Textiles Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, in Arusha, Tanzania, where workers stitch mosquito nets in the fight against malaria.
Students line up to welcome President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, to the Maasai Girls School in Arusha, Tanzania.

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