GUMULIRA, Malawi (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna’s trip to Malawi has raised hopes of an improved life for thousands of needy orphans but also revived questions about the impact of Western altruism on the world’s poorest continent.
Madonna has spent most of the past week visiting orphanages and meeting government officials and charity workers as part of a campaign to highlight the plight of some 900,000 orphans in this impoverished nation of 13 million people, where AIDS has destroyed many families.
Madonna has pledged to donate about $3 million to the campaign to help these children, spearheaded by the Raising Malawi charity.
She and an entourage, including her husband filmmaker Guy Ritchie, have been staying in an upscale lodge in the capital Lilongwe and traveling in SUVs brought into the landlocked country ahead of visit.
Madonna has spent most of the past week visiting orphanages and meeting government officials and charity workers as part of a campaign to highlight the plight of some 900,000 orphans in this impoverished nation of 13 million people, where AIDS has destroyed many families.
Madonna has pledged to donate about $3 million to the campaign to help these children, spearheaded by the Raising Malawi charity.
She and an entourage, including her husband filmmaker Guy Ritchie, have been staying in an upscale lodge in the capital Lilongwe and traveling in SUVs brought into the landlocked country ahead of visit.
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