First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump plans to visit Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt when she travels to Africa next week on her first major solo international trip as first lady.
It will be the first time the First Lady will embark on such an international mission in Africa.
The choice of the countries according to her, is as a result of their close work with the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID.
At a reception on Wednesday for the spouses of foreign leaders and others participating in the annual U.N. General Assembly, the first lady said that at each stop on the African continent, she would focus on programs overseen by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Hinting at her agenda during the trip.
Melania mentioned the agency’s work in Ghana to improve health care and nutrition. In Malawi, she noted that USAID has promoted education as a means of combating poverty, and in Kenya, it has projects on early education, wildlife conservation and HIV prevention.
“By working with developing countries around the world to help them with their journey to self-reliance, USAID’s work embodies much of what Be Best stands for,” she said. “When more people have opportunity, and when societies are freer and more democratic, our own country is safer and stronger.”
