Serena to build more schools in Africa

I found a really great website called AFRICA: the good news. The site is sponsored by MTN. This news article was located under the Development category and then the Women and Youth tab. This site has so many good news articles under sections like Education, Business, Infrastructure, Aid, Environment, and much more. This particular article was written on February 25th, 2010. The article explains how US tennis star Serena Williams plans to build a new school every year in areas of Africa where education for children is out of reach. Serena has helped with the construction of schools in Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa. She has also provided student grants and joined the fight against malaria in Ghana. "It is my goal to open many schools for thousands of children who do not have the opportunity to get good education. I plan to do one every year," said Serena. In November of 2008 on her first trip to Kenya she authorized her first school in the Nairobi area. Almost 3/4 of the local population is under the poverty line. "Without education, life is going to be very difficult. My parents always stressed the importance of getting an education and I hope I am bring to fruition their word by opening this school to the community of Wee," said Serena.
I think it's great that some stars and celebrities from the U.S. are putting their money and minds to good causes like this. It's nice to see that even famous people still care about the poverty stricken areas of the world and they want to try and help. Hopefully the schools that Serena is building will help the children out in that area and they can become educated. In the future it'd be nice to see the amount of people under the poverty line decline.

Picture courtesy of AFRICA: the good news.