"I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.": Madonna in Malawi

From the beginning of Madonna's involvement in Malawi's concerns, she has been criticized for every action she has taken on there, whether it was making a film (if you click the link, do not enlarge the browser site; it is impossible to view it then) about its situation or adopting a child. Picking holes in the latter is particularly unfair and prejudicial, because what she had done was actually saving lives of two kids that by now would have died without her help.

Despite being under fire, Madonna has not given up and still supports the impoverished country in its development. She flied there on the Easter Monday with her oldest daughter Lourdes (13) and the adopted one - Mercy (3). She had some conversations with local politics and heads of the organizations supporting Malawi, she also visited some financed by her orphanages and, what is uppermost, she laid the first brick at the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls. It bore words: "Raising Malawi Academy for Girls", the date of laying the brick (April 6, 2010) and the motto "Dare to Dream". Here is Madonna's view on the event.

The $15 million Raising Malawi Academy for Girls is Madonna's newest educational project in this country. The school, which will be available only for girls, is set to be open in 2011 and will be attented by 450 orphaned children. Moreover, the telecommunications giant Ericsson will provide 11 African country with computers and the Internet connection, Malawi and the "Madonna's" academy included.

Madonna left Malawi on the 9th April, promising she would visit the country, calling it "my second home", twice a year.