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'These Are My Dream Girls'

Proclaiming it the "proudest, greatest day of my life," Oprah Winfrey opens the doors of her $40 million South African "leadership academy," giving 152 impoverished young women hope for a brighter future

Originally posted Thursday January 04, 2007 12:00 PM EST

"I did not think it was possible to have this love for other people's children," said Winfrey (cutting the ribbon on Jan. 2 alongside some of her students). Photo by: Denis Farell / AP

The first thing Matshidiso Mabe, 13, got excited about was being able to sleep in her very own bed. Like many poor South African children, Matshidiso has to share a bed with relatives in her small Soweto home. But now that she's a boarding student at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls-South Africa, outside Johannesburg, she will no longer have to fight for mattress space with her mother and cousin.

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