Madonna attends school brick-laying ceremony in Malawi

U.S. singer Madonna (L) sits with her daughter Lourdes before the laying of the foundation of a multi-million dollar girls' school she is building in Chinkota, outside Lilongewe, October 26, 2009. Madonna, who has adopted two children from the southern African country, arrived to attend a brick-laying ceremony in Lilongwe on Monday. The school is expected to cost about $15 million. [Agencies]