Following in the steps of Madonna and Angelina Jolie, singer Katy Perry took a trip to Madagascar in support of Unicef to help draw attention to the problems faced by many on the island.
Perry visited school children and sat in on a few classes in a primary school rebuilt after it had been destroyed by a tropical cyclone.
The singer also witnessed a range of programs in education, nutrition, health, child protection,
sanitation and hygiene.
Perry participated in simple hand washing activities, jumping rope in the playground and pumping water at a well.
On one of her speech about education,she said:
"An education is such an incredible opportunity here. Most kids don't get the opportunity to be educated. Sometimes that's because of their families, or having to help out or having to make a living
"An education is such an incredible opportunity here. Most kids don't get the opportunity to be educated. Sometimes that's because of their families, or having to help out or having to make a living
at a very young age, or it's cultural, or there isn't a school that's provided for them.
"So I think it's an incredible, wonderful, miracle of an opportunity, to have a school here on top of this mountain - and I think that the fact that they walk for 45 minutes at 6 o'clock in the morning in 2013, is a testament to how appreciative they are about their education."
The visit was Perry's first in support of Unicef
Source: the Telegraph
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