Africa news #1

http://allafrica.com/stories/200811130951.html

Africare Honors President George W. Bush at 2008 Africare Award Dinner

Every fall, more than 2,000 international, government and corporate leaders gather in Washington, DC, for what has become the largest annual event for Africa in the United States. Africare is a company that helps people who are suffering in Africa. They gather every year for a dinner where they award one person with Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award. On November 12 at the Hilton Washington Hotel, U.S president George W. Bush was awarded this year for creating partnerships with African governments, businesses and civil society organizations to promote economic growth. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has committed over 60 billion dollars to fight global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and more. The theme of the 2008 Bishop Walker Dinner was "Clean Water--Life's Lifeline." With 340 million Africans lacking access to safe drinking water and more than 497 million having no access to proper sanitation, the dinner highlighted the need for clean, safe water on the African continent and Africare's commitment to delivering safe water and improving sanitation conditions.

This is news material because, first, it refers to someone 'famous'. Well, obviously, the president of the U.S. is pretty famous. :]. And then it also refers to some great achievement that he made, and its also something that's happeneing right now, not two years ago..