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**  media type="custom" key="3711383" Kaitlin and Kate's Wiki on Oprah Winfrey's Leadership School For Girls in South Africa. **  Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls

The Oprah School is in the country of South Africa. The school opened in 2007. The school holds 150 girls and is for 7th and 8th grade. Oprah plans to have the school go all the way to 12th as the girls who are there move up from their grade. Oprah has put 40 million dollars of her own money to build this school. The school also has some unnecessary perks. For example, there is a beauty salon and a yoga studio on campus. Even though some money was spent on unneeded things, the school is still very helpful. We feel that the school has made a good impact on South Africa. It has educated many girls for free who would not be able to pay for it. Even though it has been through some trouble in the past with one of the workers being arrested, accused of abusing the girls in her dorm, they are still moving forward. The Oprah School is very helpful to those 150 girls who would not be able to go to school without Oprah's help.

The South African Paragraph (SOUTH AFRICA)

South Africa is one of the bigger countries in Africa. The population of the country is about 47.8 million. The per capita GDP is 10,400. The main exports from South Africa are gold, diamonds and other precious stones. The main items imported to South Africa are machinery, equipment and chemicals. Most of the people in South Africa are African American. The unemployment rate is 21.7%. Forty-eight is the life expectancy for people in South Africa. The literacy rate is 87. Overall, the condition of the country is not very good. People are living in one room houses. Children are starving and not being educated. The amount of money earned per week is around 20 to 30 dollars. To bring this into perspective, that is about as much as it cost to take 3 people to the movies. South Africa needs strong leaders to bring it out of the darkness. These leaders are being made at Oprah's school.

 AFRICAN COUNTRY RESEARCH

Name of country: South Africa

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Population size (2008) – round off the numberOMIT: 47,800,000

Per capita GDP: 10,400 (dollars)

Main exports: Gold, diamonds,

Main imports: machinery and equipment, chemicals,

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Main ethnic groups and religions: Black African 79%, & White 9.6% & Other LIST RELIGIONS SEPARATELY; Christian 36%, & Zion Christian 11.1%

Unemployment rate: 21.7%

Infant mortality rate: 45.11 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy: 48

Literacy rate: 87

Human Development Index (HDI): .674
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 * 1 || [[image:1023oprah.jpg width="156" height="122"]] || http://www.stereohyped.com/tag/south-africa/page/2/ || The girls at the school are exposed to many privileges and new experiences at the academy. At the school they have a yoga studio, beauty salon, and some outdoor classrooms. Oprah says that she wants the girls to feel pretty and that she is building future leaders of Africa. ||
 * 3 || [[image:24155999-students-walk.jpg width="155" height="126"]] || http://www.allvoices.com/people/Oprah_Winfrey || 3) The Oprah School offers grade 7th and 8th. Oprah hopes to expand the grades while the students move up. They also teach the students how to play a musical instrumenst SPand how to eat a ballenced SPdiet. ||
 * 4 || [[image:342535883_f2573b7e4f.jpg width="152" height="117"]] || http://flickr.com/photos/24672979@N00/342535883 || The application process is very tedious. Originally 400 girls are interviewed to come to the school. About 100 girls are cut and are asked to come back for a 2nd interview. Another 100 girls are cut and the remaining 200 are asked to come back for a final 3rd interview. ||
 * 5 || [[image:342536570_047ea74682.jpg width="152" height="115"]] || http://flickr.com/photos/24672979@N00/342536570 || In this final 3rd interview, Oprah personally interviews each child. She asks them about their ambitions, dreams and hopes for the future. Oprah makes the final cut of 150 girls by choosing which ones show the most leadership ||
 * 6 || [[image:omag_200701_aca_101_350x263.jpg width="159" height="122"]] || http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/omagazine/slideshow1_ss_omag_200701_academy || The purpose of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Foundation is to educate 150 young African girls. These girls are basically shipped to the school and stay there as if they were at a boarding school. Family visiting is allowed but is limited by time, number and date. ||
 * 7 || [[image:owlaLogo-sm.jpg width="161" height="132"]] || https://secure2.convio.net/oan/site/EcommerceCheckout?store_id=1181&PAGENUM=2 || We did the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Acadamy SP Foundation for girls. (The Oprah School for short). The Oprah School was obviously founded by Oprah Winfrey who put 40 million dollars of her own money to build this school. The Oprah School is located in Johannesburg, South Africa. ||
 * 8 || [[image:owla10.jpg width="145" height="99"]] || http://www.mashabanerose.co.za/projects/images/owla10.jpg || At the school 150 girls are being educated and all are there by scholarships. Most of these girls come from poor families all around northern South Africa. Most of the girls were never expected to be educated and are extremely lucky to be there. ||
 * 9 || [[image:300x200_oprah_buildingadream1.jpg width="180" height="120"]] || http://www.jamati.com/online/columnists/page/23/ || 5) ?Also, at the school, the kids are only allowed to eat what the school provides. The school does not allow the girls to eat any junk food. They eat all healthy food. Oprah said that she will not change these rules. ||
 * 10 || [[image:building_122_350x263.jpg width="175" height="128"]] || http://onyebadi.wordpress.com/2008/11/ || 7) ?Now the school is running smoothly after two years. The school is really helping the girls that are going there. Donations can be made to the school but we feel that Oprah is doing a good job. Money can be spent somewhere else and put too SP more use. ||
 * 11 || [[image:south.africa.johannesburg.jpg width="134" height="155"]] || http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9810/08/safrica.affirmative.action/ || 2) ?South Africa is at the very tip of Africa. The population of South Africa is 47,800,00. The literacy rate of South Africa is 87. The unemployment rate is 21.7%. With the help of Oprah’s school maybe the unemployment rate will drop in a few years with the education of these girls. ||