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Mrs. Laura Bush visits a classroom at the Regiment Basic School Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. The school has 1,200 students, 300 of which are orphans. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush visits a classroom at the Regiment Basic School Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. The school has 1,200 students, 300 of which are orphans. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush and Ms. Jenna Bush listen to a song performed by students during their visit to the Regiment Basic School with First Lady Mrs. Maureen Mwanawasa and her daughter Chipo Mwanawasa Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. The school is the site of the first U.S.-funded PlayPump water system. The pump provides a sustainable source of clean drinking water for the community. White House photo by Lynden Steele
Mrs. Laura Bush is greeted a by a chorus of singers as she joins her fellow participants at the Mututa Memorial Center Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. Pictured are from left: Mrs. Martha Chilufya, Director of the Mututa Memorial Center; Maureen Mwanawasa, First Lady of Zambia, and Melinda Doolittle, American Idol finalist. White House photo by Lynden Steele
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Mark Dybul holds up a SMART card during a roundtable discussion with Mrs. Laura Bush, Mrs. Maureen Mwanawasa, doctors, patients and officials about HIV/AIDS at Chreso Ministries, which provides counseling, testing and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. The card contains the medical history of its holder and facilitates accurate and efficient health care for patients. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush walks with Zambian First Lady Mrs. Maureen Manawasa, center right, Thursday, June 28, 2007, at the Flame Community Center in Lusaka, Zambia. They are greeted in song by members of the WORTH Tufune Women's Group. The WORTH group trains women in literacy, group savings, peer lending and the development of small business. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
At the Flame Community Center in Lusaka, Zambia, Mrs. Laura Bush, Ms. Jenna Bush and Zambian First Lady Mrs. Maureen Manawasa visit a marketplace demonstrating small enterprises begun with the help of WORTH, a program that trains women in literacy, group savings, peer lending and small business development. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush talks with Raphael Lungo, 10, during a discussion with caregivers and beneficiaries of the Mututa Memorial Center Thursday, June 28, 2007 in Lusaka, Zambia. The center provides many humanitarian services including home-based care for people living with HIV/AIDS, care for orphans and promotes abstinence and faith for youth. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush and Ms. Jenna Bush meet with educators and student at Regiment Basic School Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. Of the 1,200 students at the school, 300 are orphans. After meeting with the students and watching skits and song performances, Mrs. Bush addressed the press saying, "I just met with a group of girls who are receiving scholarships, some of them are orphan girls, orphans because their parents died of AIDS, and they're receiving scholarships from PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief." White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers remarks during her visit to the Mututa Memorial Center Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. "Here at Mututa, patients benefit from insecticide-treated bed nets supplied through the Zambia Partnership," said Mrs. Bush. "It's an unprecedented partnership between governments, businesses, and religious groups to reduce the suffering caused by malaria." White House photo by Lynden Steele
Mrs. Laura Bush assembles a home care kit at the Mututa Memorial Center Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. The center provides many humanitarian services including home-based care for people living with HIV/AIDS, care for orphans and promotes abstinence and faith for youth. It serves more than 150 individuals with a core of 36 trained caregivers. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush and Ms. Jenna Bush meet with Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa and First Lady Mrs. Maureen Mwanawasa at State House Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush and Ms. Jenna Bush stand with Zambian First Lady Mrs. Maureen Mwanawasa, dressed in red, and her daughter Ms. Chipo Mwanawasa, far left, as they watch children demonstrate how the PlayPump works at the Regiment Basic School Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. Working similar to a merry-go-round, the PlayPump pumps clean drinking water into a reservoir tank as the children sit on and spin it. Before the pump was installed many of the 1,200 students at the school had to bring water to school or walk long distances to find water. The school also has used the water to expand its garden, providing fresh vegetables to the more vulnerable students. White House photo by Lynden Steele
Mrs. Laura Bush visits a classroom at the Regiment Basic School Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia. The school has 1,200 students, 300 of which are orphans. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
 
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