The elegance and presence of America's first lady, Melania Trump, caught the world's attention during her African tour, during which she visited 4 African countries, Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt, and lasted for about a week, in her first major tour on her own on behalf of President Donald Trump's government, during which she focused on humanitarian work and children's issues.
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(Ghana): US First Lady Melania Trump met her Ghanaian counterpart for tea at the presidential palace in Ghana, then visited a local hospital where she distributed gifts and toys to children and held a baby boy. The first lady also laid a wreath at the place where the Africans were being held before they were transported by ship across the Atlantic to face further suffering and hardship.
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(Malawi): US First Lady Melania Trump met with a group of schoolchildren in Malawi, shared a reading with a child during a classroom visit, and watched a group of children play soccer. Melania has made children's advocacy her main cause since becoming America's first lady.
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(Kenya): Melania started her day with a trip to an elephant sanctuary where she helped nurse one baby elephant and pet another. Afterwards, she donned a white hat and took a short safari in Nairobi National Park, where she saw zebras, giraffes and other animals.
The First Lady then visited an orphanage where she held infants and held hands with older children as they sang and danced. I also read them from a book. Melania met her Kenyan counterpart, Margaret Kenyatta, and attended a theatrical performance.
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(Egypt): US First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Cairo, wearing a jacket, pants and tie as she got off the plane at Cairo Airport, from which she headed to the presidential palace. After that, Melania visited the pyramids and the Sphinx in the Giza governorate, adjacent to Cairo, and then went to take pictures of her in front of the pyramids, the greatest Egyptian monuments.
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At the end of her visit, Melania said that the message of her tour, which included 4 African countries, Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt, is: "We care … and we want to show the world that we care."
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Okaz (electronic publication)
