Malawi rejects Madonna adoption
U.S. singer Madonna with her adopted son David Banda at the Mphandula Day Care Centre for orphans near Lilongwe, Malawi.
Earlier in the week I posted a blog on Madonna’s request to adopt a little girl from Malawi.
Well, the court ruling is in and a court in Malawi rejected Madonna’s adoption request saying that,
“It is necessary that we look beyond the petitioner … and consider the consequences of opening the doors too wide…by removing the very safeguard that is supposed to protect our children, the courts … could actually facilitate trafficking of children by some unscrupulous individuals.
I am very disappointed by this ruling. Activists have criticized Madonna’s efforts to adopt the little girl saying that it’s better if a child is brought up by their family.
Well, I don’t know what family this is, but the Associated Press writes that the judge said the girl right now is receiving “suitable” care in an orphange. The girls uncle wants Madonna to adopt the little girl, but her grandmother opposes the adoption. However, in court papers released on Friday, it is said that the grandmother is unable to care for the child.
Nowhere in here do I see this girl being taken care of by her family. She is being put back in the orphanage! Unless they consider orphanages to be the childrens’ families, then that’s another story.
Basically, the court and these so called “child activists” denied this little girl a better educated, more healthier and safer life, just because they don’t want to bend the rule of needing a certain length of time before the adoption can actually take place.
I really don’t understand how these people can call themselves child activists, when making an adoption last two years is more important than a child’s right to live.
I won’t even start talking about the court’s part of it because in my opinion all governments are corrupt to some extent, so I am not surprised about that.
What do you guys think? Am I wrong?
April 9, 2009 at 3:33 PM
You are absolutely right Laila! It’s sad to see families not able to take care of their children and when it comes to adoption it takes a lot of time do so! 2 years ? then what is the point of adopting, if it’s this hard! How can we help children if the process takes a lot of time? Doesn’t make sence !
April 9, 2009 at 9:10 PM
wow, it is sad the family can’t take care of her. but i think they also need to think of the child, i’m sure she will have more opportunities if she is adopted. i am sure living in an orphanage is no fun for a little girl. they should lessen the 2 yr mark for adopting, it doesn’t make sense!!!
April 9, 2009 at 11:11 PM
in my personal opinion, the court ruled unfairly for, they had not considered the one who is truely undergoing the life change’s opinion…in whom is…THE CHILD!
April 9, 2009 at 11:48 PM
i also think that the court definitely ruled unfairly. She should be able to adopt the child when she is trying to help the child get taken care of and be suited into a family that will take care of her. Just because she doesn’t have the years of experience doesn’t mean she wouldn’t be able to take care of her & if she is trying to help the child then i think she should be able too.
April 9, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Honestly, I think you are 100% right. As you said in the article, the grandmother is not able to take care of the child. Therefore, if the grandmother is not being able to provide her with what is needed. There is no way the family is able to take care of this child, and they are probably not being able to provide the girl with what she needs to survive. Also, if the uncle agrees, then he may understand that she will receive better care than what she currently has. For example, she is being put back in the orphanage, which means that she is not being taken care of by her family. It doesn’t make sense how they are denying a better living, education, and health for this little girl, and putting her back into an orphanage. you’re right about everything you said.
April 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM
If a girl is in an orphanage, it’s better for her to be adopted to give her the family she doesnt have to take care of her. If the family can take care of her then why is she in an orphanage to begin with???
At least Madonna can give her an education and a roof to sleep under without being afraid of starving.
April 10, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Madonna had her days, but she can provide to anyone a healthy lifestyle and the education any of those children dream off. It is wrong and not fair to deny this opportunity for this little girl. If the grandmother cannot take care of the girl and yet she doesnt want her to leave for a better life, it’s known as being selffishness!
April 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM
I also agree with you. This child should be given a quicker opportunity to better her life. Living as an orphan for a long long period of time can be damaging, especially for a small child. I think the grandmothers choice to rule against the adoption is ridiculous and unfair.
April 10, 2009 at 2:57 PM
I don’t know enough about Madonna’s lifestyle to really say one way or the other, but I should say she should be allowed to adopt the child. Cause I couldn’t really see the childs life getting any worse than it probably is already.
April 10, 2009 at 3:07 PM
I agree with you Laila . Madonna and other people who can provide a better life than what those children would ever get should be treaten more seriousely , sure they have to study each case before they agree to the demand but 2 years I mean come on!
In my opinion to be able to help a child we should put their reql needs and future in consideration and in the first position.
April 10, 2009 at 3:10 PM
i think if madonna DID adopt the child, too much attention would be brought to it and that would just completely obliterate his/her life
April 10, 2009 at 3:38 PM
I can see why the adoption is taking so long but, honestly the child would be way better off with Madonna than the situation she’s in now. This girl deserves a better life and obviously her uncle thinks that.
April 10, 2009 at 3:45 PM
You are 100 percent right here. People don’t think of the children these days. 2 years is way to long to have a child getting tossed around in court systems and having his?her heart messed with like that.
April 10, 2009 at 3:56 PM
By being adopted by Madonna, it’s ensuring she’ll have a better life sooner, instead of chancing it with another family later down the line, and maybe even suffering on the way there. When a good opportunity comes that ensures the child will be safe and have a good life, they should take it. It must be hard for her Uncle to worry about her that much. At the same time, I take into account all the publicity the child would get for the rest of her life, and how it might change her character and her life.
April 10, 2009 at 4:44 PM
well here is the thing.. i saw some comments with people saying that the publicity the child gets down the line will be hard.. but if u think about it not really.. Madonna already adopted one child from Malawi a few years back… an the child hasn’t gotten as much publicity as one thinks… Madonna has two children aside from the little girl she wanted to adopt and they both seem to be living pretty normal lives away from the press.
April 10, 2009 at 6:25 PM
nice blog and i completly agree with you.
April 10, 2009 at 6:29 PM
I agree. The adoption is good for the child. Madonna’s other children are not in society’s eye
April 10, 2009 at 7:37 PM
yeah you are right about this article. i don’t think its right for them to deny this child being adopted, because overall its going to make this child have a better life.
April 10, 2009 at 7:59 PM
I agree with you. You’re on the right side of the scenario. The ruling is questionable to me because I don’t see any reason why they won’t let Madonna adopt this child. Any child that were to be adopted by Madonna is guaranteed to have a good life.
April 10, 2009 at 11:34 PM
I see your point, but how many kids has Madonna adopted already, seriously, isn’t one child enough for her? I personally think she’s just trying to amke her own image better by adopting so many African children. And why does it ALWAYS have to be a child from a 3rd world country? There are children in America who are starving to death just the same, they’re the ones who need help. At least the child she’s trying to adopt now has a known family, why take a child away from his family and native land? I think instead of adopting another child, she should just send child support to the children in these orphanages who she’s trying to save and let them live happily with their own friends and families instead of putting them through so much trouble by trying to adopt them.
April 11, 2009 at 2:14 AM
Ya, she has a lot of kids already….but she has all this money… at least let her put it to good use. It is better to care for these kids then to buy a new purse every week!!!
April 11, 2009 at 12:46 PM
I don’t get the part of why they said she would be better off with the family, but that she is being put in an orphanage right now???
April 11, 2009 at 2:16 PM
I disagree with you I am afraid. It is a bit like modern child slaveryish type of thing. It’s like me going to the supermarket to get something I like to eat or to wear, but in her case it would a child, in Africa, just because she can. If her intention is making some people’s life better then why not donate some money there or open a school maybe!
April 11, 2009 at 4:15 PM
child slavery?? the kid will have slaves…madonna is so rich, he will have nannies and cooks..lol… trust me he won’t be a slave to anyone
April 11, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Actually she is doing both of those Bakhtiar.. she has just started plans of opening a school for girls over there
April 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM
i agree with the article
Madonna should be able to adopt the child!!
She is better off there than in an orphanage
April 12, 2009 at 4:51 PM
I agree! =) Madonna will be able to give this little girl a much better life to live! why would the government go against this?
April 13, 2009 at 3:13 PM
I think adoption will offer the little girl a better life, since her family can not take good care of her, but why does not Madonna look for another child to adopt? is not there children for adoption in America?
April 13, 2009 at 3:18 PM
It’s correct that the girl’s behalf should be prior, but why must she live the good life away from her people?
in my opinion, the court is right
April 13, 2009 at 3:31 PM
I think the grandmother is trying to save the family by keeping her grand daughter within the same atmosphere that makes the girl close to her even if she’s at an orphanage
but the thinking of the grand mother is wrong, because being raised by only one person is better for the girl than by the orphanage, where they have too many children to take care of .
April 13, 2009 at 10:20 PM
I believe that a person should be near his/her family and home. I understand the fact that this girl does need help, but that does not mean that I simply can adopt her and take her away from her family, it saddens me that her grandmother cannot actually raise herself. I want to tell Madonna that if you truly want this girl to be happy, then give her some help instead of taking her away from home. There are a lot of other children who actually need a home, so go look for those and help them.
I hope you don’t mind, but this is a very interesting topic, I’m going to post it over at my web site.
Thanks, and good luck.
April 15, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Although a lot of people think that celebrities are getting carried away with adopting tons of kids, I think it’s pretty cool. They are spending their money on something valuable, and not just another Benz or a 7th vacation home. These kids deserve to have a good life!
April 22, 2009 at 11:58 AM
You’re really right, but I think this little girl deserves a ‘normal’ home, not with some celebrity, because she ain’t that little anymore.. Probably it’s better for her if she’s getting adopted by some family in Malawi, or a regular family abroad.
Madonna already has lots of children, and I don’t mean that Madonna or any other celebrity doesn’t care for their kids, or cannot get more kids, but it seems to me that it’s really overwhelming for this girl; a different country, different people, lots of brothers and sisters, more money, a big house, a mom who has a lot to do, a mom who is away a lot…
And by the way, this girl has family in Malawi, her grandmother, although she can’t raise her, she should be able to see her growing up and stuff.
Also, Madonna didn’t tried to adopt her the regular way. She didn’t do it the way normal families should do.
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