U.S. Donates $28,500 to Henriette Bathily Women’s Museum on Goree

On September 13, 2007 Mr. Jay Smith, Chargé d’Affaires, and Ms. Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, Director of Henriette Bathily Women’s Museum, signed a grant agreement for $28,500 for the preservation women’s cultural patrimony in Senegal.  The funds for the agreement were provided by the U.S. Department of State through the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation.  The signing ceremony took place at the women’s museum on the island of Goree.