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Michelle Obama visits Africa
First lady paints a mural at children's HIV/Aids clinic in Botswana as part of week-long visit to southern Africa
US first lady Michelle Obama paints a mural with teenagers at a HIV/Aids clinic in Botswana. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AFP/Getty Images
Michelle Obama has helped paint a mural at a children's HIV/Aids clinic in Gaborone during her week-long visit to southern Africa.
The virus is a major public health challenge in Botswana, where an estimated 300,000 people are HIV-positive.
The first lady has promoted health and wellness on her visitthis week, with special emphasis on Aids prevention.
At the Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, which provides care and treatment for more than 4,000 HIV-positive children and their families, Obama and several family members who are traveling with her joined children from the centre's Teen Club in painting a mural on the wall of a future facility for adolescents.
The first lady then spoke at a luncheon highlighting women's leadership, another issue she has drawn attention to this week. She called Botswana a thriving democracy with a fast-growing economy that embodies "a vision of Africa on the move."
She also met President Ian Khama, and had a family dinner at a nature park.
Mrs. Obama, her daughters Malia, 12, and Sasha, 10; her mother Marian Robinson, and a niece and nephew, Leslie and Avery Robinson, 15 and 19, respectively, arrived in Botswana on Friday morning and were welcome with a performance of traditional African dances by a group of children ages 6 to 18. They wore traditional costumes of hide and what appeared to be zebra skin and shells around their ankles. They clapped and sang, "Obama Ye-Le-Le."
The first lady also greeted a separate group of children who waved the American flag and the black and blue flag of Botswana.
Mrs. Obama's trip to Africa began in South Africa on Monday, and she spent the past four days in Johannesburg and Cape Town promoting youth and women's leadership.
While in Africa, the first lady managed to slip in dinner with a friend. She dined on Tuesday in Johannesburg with media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who is in South Africa to accept an honorary degree from the University of the Free State on Friday.
The virus is a major public health challenge in Botswana, where an estimated 300,000 people are HIV-positive.
The first lady has promoted health and wellness on her visitthis week, with special emphasis on Aids prevention.
At the Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, which provides care and treatment for more than 4,000 HIV-positive children and their families, Obama and several family members who are traveling with her joined children from the centre's Teen Club in painting a mural on the wall of a future facility for adolescents.
The first lady then spoke at a luncheon highlighting women's leadership, another issue she has drawn attention to this week. She called Botswana a thriving democracy with a fast-growing economy that embodies "a vision of Africa on the move."
She also met President Ian Khama, and had a family dinner at a nature park.
Mrs. Obama, her daughters Malia, 12, and Sasha, 10; her mother Marian Robinson, and a niece and nephew, Leslie and Avery Robinson, 15 and 19, respectively, arrived in Botswana on Friday morning and were welcome with a performance of traditional African dances by a group of children ages 6 to 18. They wore traditional costumes of hide and what appeared to be zebra skin and shells around their ankles. They clapped and sang, "Obama Ye-Le-Le."
The first lady also greeted a separate group of children who waved the American flag and the black and blue flag of Botswana.
Mrs. Obama's trip to Africa began in South Africa on Monday, and she spent the past four days in Johannesburg and Cape Town promoting youth and women's leadership.
While in Africa, the first lady managed to slip in dinner with a friend. She dined on Tuesday in Johannesburg with media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who is in South Africa to accept an honorary degree from the University of the Free State on Friday.
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