Madonna's African Charity Displaced Villagers and Wasted $3.8 Million http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/03/madonnas-african-charity-moved-villagers-their-homes-and-wasted-38-million/36094/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlanticWire+%28The+Atlantic+Wire%29

It seemed like a wonderful plan. Madonna would build a $15 million academy for 400 impoverished girls in Malawi. Her charity, Raising Malawi, collected $18 million and the project had the support of elite Hollywood circles and the Jewish mysticism group Kabbalah Centre International. Unfortunately, it ended up doing more harm than good, reports The New York Times. According to a damning audit, the manager's of the school project, which was abandoned in January, wasted $3.8 million on lavish purchases such as cars, chauffuers, golf course memberships and free housing.