Chifundo adoption, Madonna Hold Court

Friday, June 12, 2009



Blantyre: Malawi High Court, Friday (12 / 6), is scheduled to decide whether the pop music stars of origin United States, Madonna, can adopt two children from poor countries in South Africa is. Madonna wanted to adopt Chifundo James, aged three years and the name translated into English so "Mercy".

Previously, lower courts in Malawi because Madonna hinder the application fails to meet the requirements settled for 18 months in Malawi.

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, and more than half of the population, which amounted to 12 million people, live on less than one dollar per day.

Madonna has set up their own charities Raising Malawi, which provides support for orphans and child-piatu vulnerable. He is also a social center built in the village of Mphandula, 50 kilometers from the capital city of Malawi, which treat more than 8,000 orphan-piatu from a number of villages in the area.

Meanwhile, child rights activists have opposed efforts to Madonna adopting David Mercy as a sister. They think international adoption is the last choice, even though there are 560,000 children who have lost at least one of their parents due to AIDS in Malawi.

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