like marie, she and her organization are helping to improve kids lives. when raising malawi built a specialized children s hospital, some of marie s students painted murals and danced at the opening ceremony. it s an honor to be here. i was very, very, very impressed by all the artwork that you all did. she said she would help us with paying our art teachers and buy us art supplies and provide us with music instruments. and really, we did not expect that she would come up and say, i m going to build you a dance studio. this place really holds a special place in my heart. and the founders are so passionate about what you do. when she came to open the dance studio, it was really fun. she was dancing with the kids, singing with the kids.
giant. he s like my brother. he s just developed this incredible organization. mary s meals is now feeding 2.3 million children in 20 countries. the real beauty of it is watching those children grow and become the people they re meant to be. thank you! thank you, aunt mary! in 2008, marie dasilva was named a cnn hero for turning her home into a place for vulnerable children who had lost a parent to aids. these children, they understand an education is a way out of poverty. we need lots of misses. she s expanded the school and programs with a little help from madonna and her nonprofit raising malawi. madonna has a special connection to the country through her work and her adopted children.