Madonna Returns to Malawi
Megastar and philanthropist Madonna returned this week to the African country of Malawi, the homeland of two of her adopted children.The singer and her family are there to oversee the construction of a school her organization Raising Malawi is funding and to launch a new education initiative there.
In a blog on the organization’s website Madonna wrote, “On my first visit to Malawi, I was devastated to meet child after child who had been orphaned by AIDS.
“Having lost my mother at such a young age, I felt a close connection to these children. Their stories had touched my own. ... So it is with tremendous joy that I return to Malawi to lay the first brick in the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls.
“By educating girls we will rebuild this community and raise this nation.”
