The Queen Of Talk opened a second African school for impoverished children of the continent on Friday.

The Seven Fountains Primary School is an the environment-friendly institution, a school that O is hoping will be a model for public education in the country.

The Seven Fountains Primary School outside the remote town of Kokstad in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province was funded by Oprah’s Angel Network, a public charity that supports organizations and projects focused on, among other issues, education and literacy.

“The Seven Fountains School is an example of what schools in South Africa can become,” Oprah said.

“We thought the school you had before was not good enough so we wanted to build the best school for you,” she said.

The school, which will be run by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education, has 25 classrooms, three multi-purpose rooms, a library, computer centre and two sports field.

It was built with funds of £821,000 ($1.6 million). The costs were in line with the department’s budget for a school this size.

The supply of water to the area is irregular so the school uses an innovative water recycling system that harvests rain water and also uses seesaws and merry-go-rounds to pump water.

It uses solar power and has landscaped gardens that supply vegetables for school meals.

“It can be done within the expectations of budgets. We used our imagination and creativity to build not only a good school but a great school,” Winfrey said.