--- title: Melania Trump Donated Be Best Blankets to Mothers in Ghana description: The First Lady visited a hospital in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday, where she handed out blankets to mothers with the 'Be Best' slogan. canonical: https://time.com/5412767/melania-trump-be-best-blankets/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-02T16:23:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:13.574Z og:title: Melania Trump Donated 'Be Best' Blankets to Mothers in Ghana og:description: The First Lady visited a Ghanaian hospital and gave blankets to new mothers og:url: https://time.com/5412767/melania-trump-be-best-blankets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53342331a5c421dc/69893b9d4ee2627da2313006/melania-trump-be-best.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: First Lady Melania Trump Hosts Reception For Attendees Of The United Nations og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Melania Trump Donated 'Be Best' Blankets to Mothers in Ghana twitter:description: The First Lady visited a Ghanaian hospital and gave blankets to new mothers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53342331a5c421dc/69893b9d4ee2627da2313006/melania-trump-be-best.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Melania Trump Donated 'Be Best'-Themed Blankets to Mothers at a Ghana Hospital  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 2, 2018 4:23 PM CUT  U.S. first lady Melania Trump hosts a reception in honor of United Nations General Assembly attendees at the U.S mission to the UN building on September 26, 2018 in New York City. U.S. first lady Melania Trump hosts a reception in honor of United Nations General Assembly attendees at the U.S mission to the UN building on September 26, 2018 in New York City.Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 2, 2018 4:23 PM CUT First Lady [Melania Trump](http://time.com/5407253/melania-trump-africa-visit/ "undefined") is on her big solo trip to Africa this week — and one of her first stops Tuesday morning was at a hospital in [Accra, Ghana](http://time.com/money/5018976/100-trips-lifetime-travel-experts/ "undefined") where she handed out blankets and teddy bears to new mothers. The blankets, White House pool reports note, are branded with the [“Be Best”](http://time.com/5268266/be-best-first-lady-melania-trump-launches-official-white-house-project/ "undefined") slogan that Trump launched in May. The awareness campaign is intended to focus on the well-being of children, including online bullying and opioid abuse. According to the pool report, while on her visit to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital in the western African nation’s capital, she picked up and interact with one of the babies and made sure to hand out those blankets to a group of mothers, getting in some photos, too. At one point, she called a baby a “healthy boy” after he was weighed in front of her. Next up, she was headed off to a private tea with the First Lady of Ghana at the presidential palace. Last week at a reception in New York City, FLOTUS [expressed her intent](http://time.com/5407253/melania-trump-africa-visit/ "undefined") to spread the “Be Best” message during her African trip. This is her first extended solo mission abroad, and her first time in Africa at all. 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