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Oprah Winfrey opens second school in Africa |
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Written by asap
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Friday, 16 March 2007 |
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She danced. She sang.
And she listened as the children and teacher lauded her with cries: “Long live Oprah, long live!”
Oprah Winfrey opened another school for poor South African youth called the Seven Fountains Primary Youth school Friday, an innovative, environmentally friendly institution she hopes will be a model for public education.
IN HER WORDS
“The Seven Fountains School is an example of what schools in South Africa can become,” Winfrey said at the school’s formal dedication outside the remote town of Kokstad in eastern KwaZulu-Natal province.
THE 411
The $1.6 million school was funded by Oprah’s Angel Network, a public charity that supports organizations and projects focused on education and literacy.
The school has 25 classrooms, three multipurpose rooms, a library, computer center, landscaped playground and two sports fields. It has an innovative system that recycles rainwater and uses seesaws and merry-go-rounds to pump water. It also uses solar power and has landscaped gardens that supply vegetables for school meals.
THE FIRST SCHOOL
Winfrey opened her Leadership Academy for Girls outside Johannesburg to great fanfare Jan. 2, with celebrities like Tina Turner and Spike Lee in attendance, as well as former President Nelson Mandela.
The lavish $40 million school was the fulfillment of a promise she made to Mandela six years ago and aims to give 152 girls from deprived backgrounds a quality education in a country where schools are struggling to overcome the legacy of apartheid. | Only registered users can write comments.
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