Boy band CNBLUE will build a school under their name in a village in Western Africa, according to a press release from their agency FNC Entertainment on Wednesday.
FNC said that CNBLUE is building a school in the village named Niamadougou, Burkina Paso, an underdeveloped country in Africa, to improve one of the world's poorest nation's educational environment.
With the decision, they will be assisting around 1,100 children from the village with after school classes and lunch fees, annually.
CNBLUE's charitable efforts, which already took off last month, will be donated with a portion of the band's album and concert ticket sales.
“We’ve been searching for ways to repay for the incredible love of our fans and came up with the school project,” the officials said in the statement. “We’ll continuously support abused and neglected children (around the world).”
Composed of Lee Jung-shin, Jung Yong-hwa, Kang Min-hyuk and Lee Jong-hyun, CNBLUE made their comeback after dropping the third mini-album "EAR FUN" on March 26.
Based on data compiled by Hanteo, CNBLUE's new album moved around 53,155 copies just in seven days after the release last week.
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