MADONNA GOES TO COURT FOR ADOPTION
Madonna landed in Malawi with her family on sunday. She appeared in court yesterday seeking to adopt a four-year-old girl, Mercy James. The case was adjourned until April 3, so she is now set to find out on Friday if she will be given permission to adopt a second Malawian child.
A coalition of non-governmental organizations called the Human Rights Consultative Committee has criticized Madonna's adoption attempts, saying that adoption should be the last resort and that children need to be taken care of by their own family. Mercy James is a child who has her extended close family members alive and we urge Madonna to assist the child from right here. Q statement from the coalition said.
But others have said that the adoption would give enormous opportunities to the child that she would be unable to achieve in the impoverished country, where 14 percent of adults are infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The U.N. estimates that half of the 1 million Malawian children who have lost one or both parents have been orphaned by AIDS.
How can she not get the permission!? What she is doing over there is amazing and her fame brings more awareness to problems such as lack of education.
Madonna took David, her daughter Lourdes and son Rocco to the orphanage. I am sure it was a very emotional moment for all of them. She then paid a visit to a school she financed and met with David's biological father for the first time since David left Malawi in 2006.
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