Madonna’s Malawi charity drops plan to build school
The organisation, Raising Malawi, has ousted its board of directors and replaced its members with a new set of officials that includes Madonna and her manager, the Times reported.
“A thoughtful decision has been made to discontinue plans for the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls, as it was originally conceived,” Michael Berg, co-founder of Raising Malawi, stated in an e-mail to members who had contributed to the project.
Mr Berg, a co-director of the spiritual and educational organisation Kabbalah Centre International in Los Angeles, could not be reached for comment.
The Times stated the effort to build the Malawi school had collapsed after spending $3.8 million (£2.3m) on the project and its executive director left in October amid criticism of his management style and cost overruns.
Madonna lent $11 million of her money to the organisation. She has been a frequent visitor to Malawi and has adopted two kids from the country.
On Thursday, the singer issued a statement to the Times saying she was still intent on working with Raising Malawi.
“There’s a real education crisis in Malawi,” she stated in the statement given to the Times. “Sixty-seven percent of girls do not go to secondary school, and this is simply unacceptable.”
source : telegraph.feedsportal.com
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