US First Lady visits non-profit at work in Namibia

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden spent her second day in Namibia visiting Hope Initiative Southern Africa. It is a nongovernmental organization that works to end poverty and hunger in marginalized communities in the region. Some of its programs, including ones to prevent new HIV infections and gender-based violence, are funded by PEPFAR.

Biden said she decided to visit Namibia after getting to know Geingob when the Namibian first lady accompanied her husband, President Hage Geingob, to Washington for a summit President Biden hosted last year for leaders from Africa. The First Lady and her granddaughter Naomi Biden will visit Kenya after their stay in Namibia. It is Biden’s sixth visit overall to the continent, but her first time as first lady. It’s also her first visit to Namibia.