Madonna confirms widely reported Malawi adoption post

Today, Madonna has officially confirmed her attempts to adopt a young Malawian girl. Her spokesperson that standard procedures for adoption are being followed legally, in spite of the protests, that she was using her fame to speed the process. While in Malawi, she took her 3-year-old son David to visit his biological father for the first time, since leaving the country in 2006, showing her openeness in allowing David to connect with this roots. They also had toured the country and visited the day-care center that her charity had constructed.

In her statement this is attempting to adopt a girl by the name of Chifundo "Mercy" James, 4 years old. Her mother had died soon after giving birth, according to Mercy's uncle John Ngalande. Her father keeps little contact.
A coalition of non-governmental organizations called Mwakusungula have 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.

Opinion: In my opinion, it seems as though Madonna is merely doing this merely based on a celebrity trend ( Angelina Jolie ). Also Madonna, is using her fame to skip through loopholes in the adoption system is completely unacceptable. In personal experience, my Aunt had tried to adopt a child from Africa around a year ago, but because she was single, the adoption agencies would not let her adopt. She had followed the whole process legally and fairly, and was stricken with much grief at the end. But Madonna can adopt a child, because she is able to afford nannies, when she is never home because of all the time being famous takes away. The nannies will be the real mothers, but Madonna never will. People should see that she is merely doing this for the fame rather that the goodwill that is attached. Although Mercy will be given a better life, Madonna should not be credited because she is relocating Mercy rather than being a mother.