The Queen of Pop is sharing a slice of her iconic career with fans for a good cause.
On Wednesday, Madonna, 65, announced on Instagram that she and Jean Paul Gaultier had teamed up to release an exclusive T-shirt inspired by the gold corset she wore during her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour.
“All proceeds from this special collaboration will benefit @RaisingMalawi and help provide critical medical interventions for orphans and vulnerable children at the Mercy James Center for Pediatric Surgery and Critical Care,” the star wrote in her caption, adding that the organization, along with Mercy James Center, has provided more than 11,000 surgeries since its opening in 2017.
Madonna concluded: “Funds from these shirts will ensure that thousands more children receive the surgical care they need to thrive and survive.”
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The superstar has been on her critically-acclaimed celebration tour since October, and told fans in Boston earlier this month that she’s grateful to be on stage with her four “beautiful children” every night. (Madonna is the mother of twins Esther and Stella, 11, Mercy James, 17, David Banda, 18, Lourdes, 27, and Rocco, 23.)
“I am very grateful, because even though they may need me as a mother, I have to admit that I need them,” she said. “And I need you, and we need each other, because family is not only what you were born into. A family is a family that you create. And if you feel like you’re part of my family, turn on the lights on your phone.”
Over the years, the singer has shared photos and videos of her spending time in Africa and supporting her charity with her family. (She adopted David from the capital Lilongwe in 2008; a year later she finalized the adoption of Mercy, whom she met in Blantyre; and in February 2017, she adopted Estere and Stella, who grew up in the same orphanage as David, the Home of Hope.)
In 2017, Madonna invited PEOPLE to join her in Malawi for the launch of the Mercy James Children’s Hospital.
“I love when my children are in Africa,” she said at the time. “Their selfless behavior, compared to the normal complaining in the privileged world we live in, is nice to see.”
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