Oprah Winfrey that opened her private girl school, The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa in 2007 is going to build a second school in Africa and just donated $1,5 million (R10,3 million) to build a second school in Zimbabwe.
On Friday's episode in America - the 4th to last episode of the 25th and final ''farewell season'' of The Oprah Winfrey Show (SABC3, weekdays, 17:30) and featuring ''most memorable guests'', the talk show host surprised dr. Tererai Trent saying ''we are going to build a school together!''. Dr. Tererai Trent from an impoverished village in Zimbabwe and a former guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show escaped her circumstances of poverty and abuse to attain a doctors degree.
''I had been so moved by your story. Your story is at the core of what I believe is possible for a human life here on Earth, and for that reason I'm going to help you rebuild your school,'' said Oprah Winfrey. ''I'm donating $1,5 million. That is the least I could do for you.'' Having struggled over the past 4 years with her South African private girls' school's administration and several scandals that engulfed the school, she also offered words of encouragement to dr. Tererai Trent. ''I want you to have hope doing it because I know it's hard.''
''I've asked the organization Save the Children to help us with this,'' Oprah Winfrey said in the show. ''In just a few months construction is going to begin on the primary school campus there, which will educate nearly a thousand children from your village. Save the Children is also going to spend 3 years working with teachers and parents in the area to improve literacy and basic education, so ultimately 4 000 children will have a better education. We are going to build a school together - and it is achievable!''
