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Known for pushing the limits with regard to the lyrical content of his music, Madonna is now willing to push the boundaries with regard to philanthropy.
As part of his plans to celebrate his birthday will fall on the 16th August, Madonna is collaborating with Ripple in a one-month initiative to raise funds to help orphans in Malawi through Raising Malawi, a charitable organization of the Queen of Pop founded more than a decade ago.
During the fundraising period that began on July 30th and will last until August 31st, Ripple has pledged to match all the public donations that will be made to support the cause of Madonna.
Collaborate with us to sponsor children through @raisingmalawi and help transform their future. https://t.co/3oDK7HI4fZ
– Ripple (@Ripple) 30 July 2018
According to Madonna, donations will benefit the work of the non-profit at the Home of Hope orphanage in Malawi. At the time of writing US $ 28,783 were collected through the Facebook page of Madonna.
Hundreds of thousands of orphans benefit
In a statement released by Ripple, the company noted that Malawi has nearly a million children left orphans after their parents died of HIV-related complications / AIDS
"We are honored to be part of the remarkable work of Raising Malawi with some of the most underdeveloped children in the world", Ripple's senior vice president of business operations, Eric van Miltenburg
Ripple's statement, however, did not indicate if the donations would be matched in XRP or USD.
According to Miltenburg, Ripple was introduced to Raising Malawi by its investors at Sound Ventures, a fund of technology investment founded by the Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary six years ago
Saving Endangered Species From Extinction
In May of this year, as reported by CCN, Kutcher collaborated with Ripple to donate US $ 4 in XRP to the Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund, a nonprofit organization initiated by the talk and talk host daytime show, Ellen DeGeneres, with the intention of supporting global conservation efforts for species that are in grave danger.
I like to make my friends cry tears of joy pic.twitter.com/8bWD21qamv
– ashton kutcher (@aplusk) May 23, 2018
At the start this year, Ripple and its executives have donated XRP worth approximately US $ 29 million to support public schools in the United States through DonorsChoose.org nonprofit. As noted by the non-profit, Ripple's donation was the largest DonorsChoose has ever received after having been in existence for nearly twenty years.
We can not believe it has just happened. With the biggest single donation of our history, @Ripple has just financed EVERY SINGLE PROJECT IN THE HALL on our website. Happy #BestSchoolDay ! https://t.co/HMYS3w9aXV pic.twitter.com/HZHQTpmXEY
– DonorsChoose (@DonorsChoose) March 28, 2018
The donation of Ripple and its managers satisfied the requests that teachers from over 28,000 public schools had made educators and their students have access to school supplies, books, travel, technology and other learning resources.
"We are impressed by the generosity of Ripple's team," The founder of DonorsChoose, Charles Best, stated in a statement. "Their gift will provide teaching materials and experiences to more than a million students, overwhelmingly in low-income communities."
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