Madonna mulls 'legal options' over failed school project in Africa
The superstar's plan to build a $15 million school for 400 impoverished girls in the African nation has been abandoned after the organisation plowed $3.8 million on a school in Malawi that was never built.
Madonna is considering legal action against a director of her charity Raising Malawi, over her failed school project in Africa.The superstar's plan to build a $15 million school for 400 impoverished girls in the African nation has been abandoned after the organisation plowed $3.8 million on a school in Malawi that was never built.Madonna, who lent $11 million to the organisation she founded with the Kabbalah Center's Michael Berg, is said to be furious about the school's failure.“Raising Malawi is examining its legal options,” a rep for Madonna told the New York Post. Raising Malawi executive director Philippe van den Bossche left in October and has been criticised in a report provided by the Kabbalah Center.“Philippe's level of mismanagement and lack of oversight was extreme... and the lack of success of the players on the ground is in large part a result of his inability to effectively manage project plans, people and finances,” said the report. Auditors reportedly found outlandish sums spent on salaries, office space, a golf-club membership, housing and a car and driver.