A little about Madonna's donations:
"Her Raising Malawi Organization has raised millions and built orphanages and schools in Africa. She has been matching donation to this charity, dollar for dollar. Not to mention the millions she has donated to AIDS charities and countless others."
She has been matching millions of dollars...
All I have to say. Late.
-killxp
Don't get me wrong here, i have no issue w/Madonna's charity work and not criticizing her as a person. A lot of people here just took it that way. I've probably been a Madonna fan since before nearly half of you have been born. Just because you are critical of a person's actions doesn't mean you are critical of a person as a whole.
when Madonna started her humanitarian work in Africa years ago, many people laughed and just said she was doing it for publicity. However, i really admired her for her efforts. I usually tend to give people the benefit of the doubt. In fact, a part me is hoping that maybe there was an error in the initial report and they left out an extra zero
Or maybe it's just the start of something more.
Those of you criticizing me: You are right. She can give whatever she wants. Of course she doesn't
have to. Nobody
has to give to anything to any one....but i have a right to comment in this case because like i said, i give people the benefit of the doubt, she wants the world to see her as a humanitarian
personally, I think that when you want the world to see you as a humanitarian it's kinda sad when people/celebs worth less give more. i honestly couldn't help but be surprised when people like Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock gave more than she did. And these celebs also give and contribute regularly to charitable organizations as well....
what happened to the people in haiti is an extenuating circumstance, a mega catastrophe.... you honestly don't know how grateful and guilty I feel that I wasn't down there when it happened....grateful that me and my family is safe....guilty that others are living one of my worst nightmares and guilty that I can't do/give more than i can/have.
for some of you, 250k USD is a lot of money. For a catastrophe like what happened last week, 250k is nothing....for somebody like Madonna, 250k is nothing. i'm not saying Madonna should shoulder the entire cost by ANY means....but for an international star, icon, humanitarian such as Madonna, it wouldn't have hurt her to dig a *little* deeper.
but your right, she doesn't have to give anything....but you can't argue that i have a right to voice my opinion. She's the one who announced how much she donated....and it was reported in news.....it's not like i pried into her personal finances and am airing out her laundry.
no disrespect to the lady, in fact she's known for her criticisms and voicing her opinions as well....it was Madonna who criticized Angelina Jolie for her efforts in Africa...
if Madonna can criticize Angelina Jolie for building orphanages in Africa, I can criticize Madonna for donating so little to the devastation that occured in Haiti.....
honestly, had she kept the info private i really wouldn't have said a word. In fact, i probably wouldn't have given it a second thought if she'd just said, 'i donated.' and left it at that.
anyway, i'm sure a few of you still won't understand where i'm coming from....but like i said, that's ok.
