Apr 23 2007
Madonna
Another interesting article I found while browsing:
http://cbs2chicago.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_112105300.html
Madonna Takes Adopted Son From Malawi
(AP) Madonna jetted out of the Malawi on Sunday after a six-day
visit to the impoverished homeland of the toddler she wants to adopt,
carrying the boy in her arms as she boarded her plane.
Madonna
and her husband, the film producer Guy Ritchie, took custody of David
Banda last October after finding him in an orphanage. Critics said the
48-year-old star used her celebrity status to circumvent Malawian
adoption laws — allegations she denies.
The 20-month-old toddler
waved to the bodyguards and driver who had escorted him during the
visit. Madonna, wearing her now familiar straw hat, did not look back
as she disappeared into the silver jet, with her daughter Lourdes
following.
The star and her entourage spent their time visiting
orphanages, projects for street children and agricultural development
programs as well as opening a new day care center funded by her
charity, Raising Malawi.
Madonna, who lives in London, made one
visit to the Home of Hope orphanage, where David lived after his death
of his mother in childbirth. There was no sign that Madonna had met
with Yohane Banda, the peasant farmer who placed his son in the
orphanage saying he was too poor to care for him.
It was also unclear whether Yohane Banda met alone with his son, as he had hoped.
David’s mother died of complications in childbirth and his two siblings died of malaria in infancy.
Although
a coalition of human rights groups challenged Madonna’s adoption plans
in the courts, many locals says they are happy that the celebrity has
drawn attention to Malawi, which usually makes news because of drought,
hunger and the occasional political scandal.
Madonna’s childcare
center aims to provide education, food and health care for up to 4,000
children. It is based on Kabbalah, Judaism’s mystical sect, which
counts the singer among its devotees.
Malawian child welfare
officials are expected to file a report on the suitability of Madonna
and Ritchie, as adoptive parents after two trips to their London
residence in May and December. The singer has two other children,
Lourdes, 9, and Rocco, 6.
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FYI, I have been amused by Madonna’s confidence (or craziness to many other people) to decide to have a baby from a man she wanted (her case with her first child, Lourdes), and refused to marry him. Isn’t it inspiring? isn’t it daring? Women choose from whom she wants to have a baby publicly. It shows a very big confidence that she has command on society. I wish I could do the same thing. LOL.
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