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Oprah Winfrey: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy
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Oprah Winfrey created the school after Nelson Mandela asked her to lend support for educational causes in post-Apartheid South Africa. To realize the vision of the Leadership Academy, Winfrey donated $40 million to establish an educational facility for academically talented young women with leadership qualities who grew up in poverty. To carry forth this vision, Winfrey became involved in the overseeing many details of building the Leadership Academy and managing the administrative details, from selecting students and faculty to designing the buildings and interiors.[2] African American historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. stated that the Academy is comparable to "the creation of Exeter or Eton on the continent of Africa."[3]
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The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy will allow girls to explore the changing world through advanced education techniques and technology. South African teachers and administrators have been selected from the best and the brightest.
Press release: Oprah Winfrey, Nelson Mandela and South Africa's Ministry of Education break ground for the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls – South Africa. (2002, December 6). The Oprah Winfrey Foundation. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
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Located on a 52-acre campus, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls opened in January 2007. She created the school to help further the education of talented, but economically disadvantaged young women.
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Here's a video that Oprah did that is a nice outline of Oprahs dream to open her South Africa Leadership Academy for Girls. She goes on the explain how the idea came about. Also, if anyone would like to contribute to this Oprah blog, please comment here. Oprahs School is full of inspiration and the occasional funny and serious bits.
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In December 2002, ground was broken for the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, an endeavor supported by a $10 million gift from the Oprah Winfrey Foundation. As of September 2002, Oprah's Angel Network had: 1) raised $5.1 million from viewer donations and $7 million from celebrities and corporate sponsors, 2) granted scholarships to 150 students, 3) funded over 200 homes through Habitat for Humanity, and 4) with the organization Kids Can Free the Children, had built thirty-four schools in ten countries. In addition, over fifty "Use Your Life" awards have been presented, totaling over $4 million.
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