Mrs. Laura Bush and USAID To Celebrate International Women's Day

Laura Lane Welch Bush, First Lady of the United States of America.

4 Mar 2008 01:06 Africa/Lagos


USAID Celebrates International Women's Day

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will host the First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Laura Bush, and honored guests at an International Women's Day celebration on Friday, March 7. International Women's Day is an opportunity to celebrate the advancement of women throughout the world and inspire all women to achieve their full potential. This day also serves as a reminder of the continued action that is required to ensure women's equality in every country.


USAID is committed to improving women's equality and empowerment around the globe. The Agency supports programs in areas such as girls' education, women's legal rights and political participation, economic opportunity, maternal and child health, and anti-human trafficking, all of which help to advance the status of women.


WHO: Laura W. Bush, First Lady of the United States


Henrietta H. Fore, USAID Administrator and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance


WHERE: Atrium Hall
The Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

WHEN: 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Friday, March 7, 2008


*Doors will open at 10 a.m. Open to all press. Further details on credentialing and logistics will be available later this week.


NOTE: Administrator Fore will be available for one-on-one interviews on USAID's women's empowerment programs immediately following the event. If you are unable to attend, but would like to arrange an interview with Administrator Fore on this topic, please call Melissa Price in the USAID Press Office at 202-712-4320.


For more information about USAID and its Women in Development programs, visit http://www.usaid.gov/.


CONTACT: U.S. Agency for International Development Press Office, +1-202-712-4320


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Source: U.S. Agency for International Development

Web Site: http://www.usaid.gov/

Sing a Song for Mee

Sing a Song for Mee
In memory of May Ellen Ezekiel (MEE)

I have waited for so long
To hear you sing a song
For Mee with glee
For all to see
The cheerful smiles on your brown faces
As you chorus with classic grimaces
And I hear your melodic voices
Bouncing off the walls in echo
Frightening off the wall gecko
In the climax of your deafening crescendo.

Then I felt it
My eyes were wet
Even Jesus wept.
After he said, Lazarus was only asleep
But Jesus Christ had to weep
When he saw that Lazarus was indeed dead
Yet, Lazarus was raised at the command of our Lord
By the infinite power of his Word
And so, I have the hope
That the same voice will wake us up.
So, I smile through the vistas of the reveries
Of our most treasured memories
Because dreams die last
When all other things are cast into the past.


By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima
Friday, November 26, 2004.
9.45 a.m