{"id":337910,"date":"2011-03-25T13:45:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/madonna-charitys-bid-to-build-15million-school-fails-amid-claims-of-mismanagement\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T13:45:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:45:29","slug":"madonna-charitys-bid-to-build-15million-school-fails-amid-claims-of-mismanagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/madonna-charitys-bid-to-build-15million-school-fails-amid-claims-of-mismanagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna charity’s bid to build $15million school fails amid claims of mismanagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n<\/p>\n

\nBy
\nDonna Mcconnell<\/a>
Last updated at 1:45 PM on 25th March 2011<\/p>\n

\n\"Madonna<\/p>\n

Breakdown: Madonna’s plans for a girls school in Malawi have been dropped. The singer seen here in April 2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Multimillionaire singer Madonna’s plan to build a school for impoverished girls in
\nMalawi has failed after the board of directors of the charity, Raising
\nMalawi, collapsed.<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old, who founded the charity, had spent $3.8 million on the project.<\/p>\n

\nThe charity’s executive director, who is the boyfriend of Madonna”s former
\ntrainer, Tracy Anderson, left in October amid criticism of the managing of the charity and cost
\noverruns for the school.<\/p>\n

Auditors called in noted lavished spending on salaries, cars, office
\nspace golf club membership, free housing and a car and driver
\nfor the school\u2019s director. <\/p>\n

Plans to build a $15 million school for about 400 girls in the African country have since been abandoned.<\/p>\n

The charity had been financially supported by Hollywood, as well as the Kabbalah Centre International.<\/p>\n

Malawi
\nofficials are allegedly shocked that Madonna was blaming management
\nbreakdowns because she had been unable to raise the money.<\/p>\n

According
\nto The New York Times, Michael Berg, a co-director of the Kabbalah
\nCentre and the co-founder of Raising Malawi, said: ‘A thoughtful
\ndecision has been made to discontinue plans for the Raising Malawi
\nAcademy for Girls, as it was originally conceived.’<\/p>\n

The board of directors of the organization, Raising Malawi, has been ousted and replaced by a caretaker board, including Madonna and her manager, officials with the organisation said Thursday.<\/p>\n

\n\"Madonna<\/p>\n

Breaking ground: Madonna seen in 2009 turning the soil for the foundation of the multi-million dollar
\ngirls’ school in Chinkota, Malawi which has now been abandoned <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Madonna has invested a reputed $11 million of her money to the
\norganisation she founded with Mr. Berg, as well as her reputation.<\/p>\n

Yesterday she c issued a statement saying she was still intent on
\nusing the organisation, which has raised $18 million so date, to help
\nthe struggling nation, from where she has adopted two children, David,
\nand Mercy. <\/p>\n

‘There\u2019s a real education crisis in Malawi, she said. <\/p>\n

‘Sixty-seven percent of girls don\u2019t go to secondary school, and this is simply unacceptable. <\/p>\n

‘Our team is going to work hard to address this in every way we can.’<\/p>\n

She and her aides offered no explanation of why, given her high
\ninterest in the project, she had not noticed the problems as they began
\nunfolding. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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