Madonna's folly in Malawi | Claire Provost

A western charity fails in a top-down development project. But the spotlight shines more on the star than on the unbuilt schoolIn Malawi, about $3.8m (£2.4m) has disappeared and a school has been left unbuilt. Alone, that story would never make international headlines. But because the money and the project belonged to Madonna's charity Raising Malawi, the scandal has quickly made its way into media outlets worldwide.Celebrities are, of course, not newcomers to the game of getting unprecedented ...

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