Melbourne
(ANI):
Pop
diva
Madonna
has
teamed
up
with
luxury
goods
maker
Gucci
to
raise
funds
for
orphans
in
Malawi,
the
home
of
her
nearly
adopted
tot
David
Banda.
Madge
and
Gucci
will
host
a
fund
raising
event
with
dinner,
a
musical
gig
and
a
bash
on
Feb
6
in
2008
to
launch
Gucci's
largest
store
in
the
world,
on
New
York's
Fifth
Avenue.
The
American
popstar
has
revealed
that
the
event
will
aid
UNICEF
and
the
charity
she
co-founded
in
2006,
Raising
Malawi.
The
charity
aims
at
ending
poverty
and
hardship
suffered
by
Malawi's
one
million
orphans,
many
of
whose
parents
died
of
AIDS.
"I
am
grateful
that
Gucci
is
joining
forces
with
me
to
bring
attention
to
a
country
with
millions
of
children
in
desperate
need
of
our
help," the
Age.com.au
quoted
Madonna,
as
saying.
"Raising
Malawi
has
already
done
tremendous
work
in
helping
these
children.
But
we
have
much
more
to
do
and
this
event
will
surely
bring
us
closer
to
our
goal,"
she
added.
The
event
will
hopefully
raise
at
least
2
million
dollars
with
Madonna
joined
by
a
list
of
celebrity
co-chairs
for
the
event,
including
Adrien
Brody,
Arpad
Busson,
Salma
Hayek
and
Francois-Henri
Pinault,
Tea
Leoni,
Lucy
Liu,
Demi
Moore
and
Ashton
Kutcher
and
Gwyneth
Paltrow.
As
for
Madonna"s
adoption
case,
the
High
Court
in
Malawi
is
to
hold
a
hearing
in
2008
to
decide
whether
Madonna
and
Ritchie
are
suitable
parents
for
David.