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Struggling Malawi school gets 1.4 million books from Melania Trump
News 24 ^
| October 4, 2018
| The Associated Press
Posted on 10/04/2018 1:32:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Melania Trump got a different view of educating children as she visited an African primary school on Thursday that has benefited from US assistance but struggles with an enrollment of more than 8 500 students. Some children learn lessons outdoors, seated shoulder-to-shoulder on loose, red dirt.
Mrs Trump toured several outdoor classrooms at Chipala Primary School in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, the second stop on her four-nation tour of the continent. The school is among those in the landlocked country that receive education assistance from the US Agency for International Development, including textbooks.
Mrs Trump was on hand as the US ambassador handed over another 1.4 million books through a US-funded national reading program. Malawi's schools have received some 9.6 million books under the program in the past several years.
"I wanted to be here to see the successful programs that (the) United States is providing the children and thank you for everything you've done," the US first lady said at the book donation ceremony, held inside the school's library....
(Excerpt) Read more at news24.com ...
TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; Politics; Travel
KEYWORDS: africa; flotusmelania; malawi; melania; trump; trumpafrica
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wonder if this is one of the books?
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:34:06 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So proud of our First Lady!
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:34:30 PM PDT
by
FES0844
To: 2ndDivisionVet
American students don’t read books. Might as well send them overseas.
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:35:24 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Melania is an awesome goodwill ambassador!
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:35:28 PM PDT
by
Guenevere
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Chewie would’ve sent 125 bologna samiches and 3 cases of warm yoohoo.
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:35:30 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: dfwgator
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:36:16 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
How many books have ever been published in the language(s) present in Malawi?
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:36:30 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: dfwgator
Even better.
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:36:38 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: FES0844
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:36:47 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why don’t they give away books to US students? I had to pay $200 for my son’t Calculus I book.
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:37:15 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I like this type of aid because corrupt politicians can’t deposit schoolbooks in their Swiss bank accounts. Books also probably don’t command much of a price on the black market, so no great incentive to steal them.
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:37:20 PM PDT
by
Cecily
To: Paladin2
The Bible and Portnoy’s Complaint.
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:37:44 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; KC_Lion
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:38:17 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Wow, I see Oprah was first in line to greet the FLOTUS.
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:38:25 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: Guenevere
Will I see reports of this on CNN or PMSNBC? Thought not. Our First Lady is a rock star!
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:40:12 PM PDT
by
blu
(WWG1WGA)
To: Cowboy Bob
I understand what you’re saying about the cost of college, but your comment sounded almost like a liberal wanting free stuff....
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:40:21 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: Paladin2
It’s my understanding that most good African schools teach in English
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:40:40 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
To: Kickass Conservative
Oooh, you are so bad!!! LOL!
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:42:05 PM PDT
by
blu
(WWG1WGA)
To: Paladin2
The official language is English.
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posted on
10/04/2018 1:42:08 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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