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Madonna launches Malawi school construction

The school will admit 500 girls from the southern African country. -Reuters

Tue, Oct 27, 2009
Reuters

MALAWI - Madonna launched the construction of a multi-million dollar girls' school she is building in Malawi on Monday and pledged to build similar schools in other countries if the project succeeds. The Raising Malawi Academy for Girls - in Chinkhota village about 15 kilometers outside the capital Lilongwe - is expected to be completed in two years and will admit 500 girls from the small southern African country's 28 districts.

 
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