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MESSAGE FROM OPRAH WINFREY
Founder and Benefactor of the
Academy
The students who are invited to
attend the
Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for
Girls have shown that they have the
ability to excel, and to move beyond
challenging circumstances.
Through
exemplary service to their
communities, they have demonstrated
their potential to effect positive
and enduring change. The Academy
will nurture this potential, and
raise the next generation of
transformative South African
leaders.
Every child has a right to an
education, but to attend the Oprah
Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls
will be a privilege. I refer the
girls who attend, as well as those
who aspire to attend the Academy, to
the words of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.:
“My young friends, doors are opening
to you – doors of opportunities that
were not open to your mothers and
fathers – and the great challenge
facing you is to be ready to face
these doors as they open.”
The Academy will prepare students
for what awaits them on the other
side of those doors. It is a place
where young girls will have the
opportunity to improve the quality
of life for their sisters, and for
generations to come.
It is my great honour to open the
doors of the Academy to South
Africa’s future leaders. Welcome! |
