Oprah's Academy Holds Its First Graduation

Oprah Winfrey opened her Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls for underprivileged South African girls in 2007.  Now 72 out of the 75 original girls are graduating with the help of her $40 million donation Saturday, January 14, 2012. South Africa is a nation still struggling from apartheid, and Winfrey has been committed to change the lives of those South African Woman.  

"Every single girl is going to leave here with something greater to offer the world than her body."                                                                                      --Oprah Winfrey

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