Will You Join Madonna?
The groundbreaking ceremony for Her Madgesty's Raising Malawi Academy for Girls is happening this week, and Madge herself wants YOU to help out!
M has written an open letter and recorded the above video, asking for your donations to the Raising Malawi organization - all of which Madge will match dollar-for-dollar!
So generous!
Writes Madonna:
This week, my family and I are in Malawi to attend the ground breaking ceremony for Raising Malawi Academy for Girls.
I am making a straightforward request.
I'm writing to urge you to join me in saving the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable children. And I'm asking you to do it right away.
Raising Malawi, the organization I co-founded in 2006, is dedicated to ending the poverty and hardship endured by Malawi's one million orphans. By donating to Raising Malawi, you can literally transform the future for an entire generation. To encourage your involvement, I've pledged $100,000 to match your contributions dollar-for-dollar.
Why Malawi?
Seven years ago I might have asked myself this very same question. Why not Afghanistan, or India? There are impoverished children, desperate for health care and education, everywhere in the world. Something about Malawi's children connected with me and their hardships were too much for me to ignore. So I started learning more about Malawi, and, little by little, I began working with Malawians to improve their communities.
Visiting Malawi can be a very humbling experience. In the face of such overwhelming challenges, it's easy to feel helpless. At the same time, it is impossible not to recognize how much we can do to improve the lives of vulnerable children. Right now, I am particularly concerned about Malawian girls whose lives are made even more difficult simply because of their gender.
In 2008 Raising Malawi announced the creation of an all-girls boarding school, the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls. Architects have drawn up plans. We've identified a plot of land. And some of Malawi's poorest girls are eager for the opportunities that a comprehensive secondary education will bring them. But we're still in need of additional funds to complete this project, and there's no time to lose.
My own daughters will each have a solid secondary education. They have a family that assures them that they can be anything they want to be, that they are not limited in any way. I believe that the same should be true for girls in every part of the world, regardless of the circumstances of their birth. The girls of Malawi are bright and resourceful. They are eager to learn and grow. When I look at my girls and see them thriving, it is my greatest wish that the girls in Malawi will have the same chance for happiness.
This is where you come in.
Please join me in supporting the work of Raising Malawi. Every dollar we collect will make a huge difference in a child's life. By matching your donation, dollar for dollar, I will personally ensure that your contribution has an even greater impact. That's a promise.
This is my call to you: Give an opportunity to a child who would otherwise have none. Support the work of Raising Malawi.
Will you join me?
So, will U???
Madonna Opens Her Heart In Malawi
Hatcher Has The Swine Flu!
Re: LizardKinG – I agree with him/her.. we have our own problems to deal with.. fuck those kids!!! and fuck you madonna.. I hope u get aids!!!
OH PLEASE…MADONNA YOU'RE NO MOTHER TERESA!!!
HELLP OUT DETROIT HELLO YOUR OWN HOMETOWN!!!
THERE ARE ALOT OF HELPLESS KIDS THERE OH YEAH AND THEY
ARE BLACK TOO!!!
PLEASE ANOTHER WRITE OFF…HONEY STICK TO WHAT YOU DO
BEST DANCING AND STIRRING UP SHIT!!!!
LEAVE THE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES TO OTHERS..
HOW MUCH ARE WE WRITING OFF NOW DITA???
Re: madonna is shit – you'r such an ass hole.. fuck yourself and save your money you'r idiot!!
Pay for it yourself Madonna you can afford it - you are asking us for money from a plushly decorated room - PLEASE!!
Awful plastic surgery too - if that's the best money can buy I'll embrace my wrinkles
bla bla bla
WTF is Malawi?
Really, Madonna? only $100,000? Aren't there few zeros missing?
Good i wish we could all be like her and help.
Let's educate all the people in Africa. Then they will abandon their traditional ways to be just like us and cut down all their trees and build smog-belching factories. Sounds like a plan.
HEHE wanted to say something harsh but everyone elses are better
this whore has her more money than God and she wants US to donate?? Yet, she will take all the credit for this school! Just like Oprah did for her ANGEL network–did all this great stuff, but it was from donations! And people think she is world class. Madonna is a useless whore and always will be
I want to believe that she really cares but she has always been so self serving and self absorbed that it always seems like she just wants attention or to be taken seriously, I don't know but these kids will get help and I guess that's all that matters.
Re: madonna is shit – Mariah get a day job
Re: madonna is shit – are you retarded or what? the immaculate collection also went diamond in the usa. and then mariah also only has 2 diamond certified albums only, not 5, both of which are over certified, since according to nielsen soundscan, both sold less than 8 million copies each. so stop spamming and bitching and live in your own obsessed world of mariah.
What Madoona says go's! It is a very good cause to support!
Re: lily on crack – american ppl is disgusting ,selfish.get a life.nobody like u .and M shows are the best .she is named the best performer alive asshole.get some respectof course i will.i absolutely adore this woman ,shes amazing. ppl need.africa is desperate for help and thank god madonna is there. they really need,IN EVERY 3 SECONDS A KID DIE IN AFRICA.TIME TO WAKE UP PPL
Re: andriiiiia – SHE HELP AMERICAN KIDS.SHE DONATES MILLION OF DOLLARS TO CHARITY IN AMERICA AND OTHER COUNTRIES.BUT HER KIDS ARE FROM malawi and they really need it.stop being selfidh.no matter where do u help.what matters is that she is helping somebody.i cant believe that american ppl are so selfish.lots of celebraties dont even help
Re: Purdy Cat – shut up asshole she looks absolute,y hot and look at her in london pics.she was sexy.so what.stop criticize and help.do something good.ur life sucks.madonna life is full of magic
shes so fucking sexy,god bless u madonna
Damn her face looks SO cat-like and baggy like Jocelyn Wildenstein! It's hard to take her seriously especially when she speaks in such an arrogant way to people…she just comes off as insincere like she's using Malawi as a scape goat to make her feel less guilty about the ridiculous amounts of money she earns for her half-assed crap efforts in the music industry. How about we help the kids in our own countries before helping others! What about the future of the Western world?! Stupid old hag-donna!
some of the people who have commented on this post are DISGUSTING and should be ashamed of themselves. Firstly America is not a 3rd world country having to battle with aids, corrupt poltics, famine etc to such a great extent as Malawi. Also take into consideration she is lending out a helping hand to ophans, who are in no way responsible for their circumstance. andriiiiia, Lily on crack- you are everything thats wrong with the world. Stop being so self centered and think of people who have not been given the same opportunities as you in life. And Madonna is shit…wtf? Only 200 million albums worldwide…thats a significant number from where I stand you derranged fool.
Re: xcalibur – oh and xcalibur its called charity…you're not suppost to get anything out of it, other than the feeling of knowing you have helped your fellow man. You are everything that is wrong with the world.
Re: lily on crack – you don't feel the need to help the less forunate? selfish, deranged people like you are the epitomy of what is wrong in this world. I hope karma f's you up.
Re: andriiiiia – they do help american kids you retard, but america isn't a country battling aids, corruption and poverty so maybe they think their time could be spent better else where.
Also it is not ORPHANS fault if they are born into a backwards country. have a heart. you distugst me.
While I think it's nice to care about children around the world, I think we should focus on what is going on right here in our own backyard…we have plenty of children who are neglected, abused or victims of poverty…need proof? just watch footage of Katrina.
Re: xcalibur – she is contributing? can't you read you 'tard.
Re: tellall – its not self centered to ask for money for a charity you retard. shes trying to help OTHER people. finish high school then join adult discussions.
Re: LizardKinG – fix your own problems. your not dealing with extreme poverty, aids, corruption. whats your excuse…? this is a good cause.
Re: marlow – I 100% agree with you.
Re: jokerface – if you dont give a shit about africa why should other people, eg. Madonna, give a shit about you? you are everything that is wromg with this world
Why so many Madonna posts Perez? She hasn't been relevant since "Ray of Light"!
I love her,again…she's such a good woman,and I wish to comment before "madonna is shit",in order she can see my comment……..bitch,please don't remind mooriah scary,she can
never compare with the ONLY QUEEN OF POP,M-A-D-O-N-N-A!!!! you understand??? Madonna may well be the only living legend the world has ever known. Other legends like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe only became legends after there untimely deaths, while Madonna has become the worlds most famous person, a true living legend. Madonna has the most top-five singles by a female artist on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart (27).
Madonna has the most top-ten singles on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart (36).
Madonna has the most top-twenty singles by a female artist on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart (42).
Madonna has the most top-thirty singles by a female artist on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart (44).
Madonna has the most top-forty singles by a female artist on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart (47).
Madonna has 12 No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles Chart.
Madonna is the artist with most number one singles in the history of The ARC Weekly Top 40.
USA -RIAA
Madonna has twelve Multi Platinum-Albums (more than any other female artist)
Yeah, we all get that people here in the US need help too!! But for goodness sakes people, wake up!!! Madonna found a cause that she believes in and has become passionate about… she's making things happen. Granted, she has more resources to make things happen, but she's still putting in the time & effort to CHANGE something for the better.
Help is needed EVERYwhere in the world. Why can't we all just help one another? It's OUR world, OUR people.. we need to take care of it ALL. It breaks my heart to see a starving, unfortunate child anywhere.
I'm not telling you donate to Madonna, but at least give her props for doing SOMETHING she believes in !!
Madonna remains the female artist with the most No. 1s in the United Kingdom with 12. Kylie Minogue is in second place among solo female artists, with seven. The Spice Girls have nine.
Madonna has had forty-seven top-five singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist ever.
Madonna has had fifty-eight top-ten singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
Madonna has had sixty-two top-twenty singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
Madonna has had sixty-two top-forty singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
Madonna has spent a total of twenty-five weeks at number one on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
With “Sorry”, Madonna scored a record sixtieth consecutive top-twenty single (not counting “Me Against the Music”). It is a record that will be more difficult to beat than Elvis Presley’s twenty-one number-one singles according to ChartPlus Company.
Madonna has had nine number-one albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
Madonna has had four number-two albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
Madonna has had sixteen top-five albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
Madonna has had seventeen top-ten albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
From the Evita Soundtrack in 1996 to Music in 2001, Madonna had three consecutive number-one albums on the UK albums chart, a record for a female artist.
Every album, Madonna has released, has reached the top ten in the UK; her self-titled first album is the only one to miss the top five. (Her 2003 EP, Remixed and Revisited, was not allowed to appear on the UK album chart as it was too short to qualify as an album.)
In the UK, Madonna and Kylie Minogue are the only artists ever to have a number-one album and a number-one single in three different decades.
Nice face lift Madonna.. usually at age 50 most women's cheek bones get more defined and their upper lip stops moving…jeeezuz
I'll totally join Madonna! Imagine that something in the world changes for the better.
Sad that there's so much negativity below… what fuckers.
It's so sad to see how selfish you americans are.. You guys should stop only thinking about yourselves! It is IMPOSSIBLE to compare the situation of american and malawians children.. US is a rich country where the government and part of the population can give a minimum support to those orphans children, being able to at least keep them healthy and give them some education. On the other hand, if you go to Malawi you'll be able to see that they don't have a functional government that can give ANY support to the orphans children and also they do not have ANYBODY to ask help! I'm so glad to see that my favorite celebrity is using her fame to try to open the world's (specially you americans ASSHOLES) eyes to a place that REALLY need to be helped! I'LL HELP FOR SURE!
XXX from Brazil
Re: gryte7791135 –
Be carefull of what you WISH for people! Everything that goes, COME BACK!
Of course I will help, Madonna will match every dollar we donate.
I am glad she has found happiness in this.
She is an inspiration to so many, including myself.
Love her.
Some of these celebrities are very philanthropic but if you want a rainbow colored family or are concerned about under-privileged kids take a look out your window. American children need love, encouragement and food too and there are millions of them who would willingly accept their kindness and hospitality.
WHAT THE HELL is the matter with everyone?
Moaning about celebrities not helping Americans. AMERICA IS RICH, SORT YOUR SELVES OUT.
There is alot of poverty in Malawi, they have next to nothing, so thats why Madonna is helping them, and that is why celebrities donate to LEDC's (lower economically developed country), Americans don't need help from celebrities, they need to sort themselves out, they are the ones spending too much money! America isnt the only country with problems, but before we sort out self caused problems in countries like America, lets sort out the places like Malawi where the people actually NEED the help.
Madonna picked Malawi as her retirement crown jewel. its that something to make the world go awwwwww when she retires. And "see, she really did change."
Meanwhile all the money is going to the Kabbalah Centre.
I agree, Oprah didnt ask for donations when she opened up her school in south Africa, she just paid.
Madonna wants us to feel bad and donate money so she can feel better about herself basically.
Yes!!!!
She's so much more relevant than Mikey Jackson could ever hope to be!
Generous? Why should I give my hard earned money, w/reduced income household, to something SHE WANTED TO DO? She's got more money then God, let her fund it herself, she gets a nice tax write off for it.
And yes, I agree w/LizardKinG fix what's in the U.S. first, plenty of homeless and starving kids here too and one's who need a good education.
Generous my ass!
Wow people are critisizing Madonna for doing charity work?! I mean the AUDACITY of Madonna to HELP PEOPLE! What an EVIL woman she is!!! For everyone who is critisizing her have YOU helped over 30,000 kids? NOPE! Get off your fat asses and do something with your lives. Britney Spears donates like 500 dollars a month to charity. LMAO
Madonna is the number one most succesful female artist in history. Deal with it.
She wants everyone to be involved. Just her throwing millions at poor Africans and then saying "Okay bye" doesnt work
America is the richest country in the world. SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP. Enough said.
Re: madonna is shit – woriah is so shit in us , than with promo and more than 100 m of airplay , and with astudio album , only sold 275 000 to date jajja, the queen of flops
Re: madonna is shit – woriah is the queen of flops , only 520 000 with the ballads worldwide jajjaja
poor idiot , woriah last 3 albums were a worldwide fllops ,jajajaj
madonna more than 313 m of records , woriah only 200 jajajaj , madonna the most succesful female artist all time according guinness bock , jajaj , woriah only shit
jajjaj , hard candy 3.5 m , flop =mc 1-9 worldwide jajajja, celebration 891 000 , memoirs only 400 000 jajajaj WORIAH THE QUEEN OF FLOPS
Re: LauraLou – WORIAH IS THE GRAND MOTHER
Re: madonna is shit – who cares madonna is the queen of the hot 100 chart
Re: madonna is shit – woriah is the queen of black and disgusting people , THE QUEEN OF FLOPS
HARD CANDY 1.8 IN EUROPE , FLOP =MC 1.9 WORLDWIDE JAJJAJAJAJJA , woriah the QUEEN OF FLOPSSSSSSSSSS
I AM ALL FOR FUNDING BIRTH CONTROL.
Fuck Malawi! And fuck Madonna, but not me..ewww.