Malawi orphanage welcomes Madonna adoption verdict
13 June 2009
Malawi orphanage welcomes Madonna adoption verdict
Kondanani orphanage, the place where Madonna first laid eyes on a toddler named Mercy, welcomed the court ruling Friday that made the three-year-old girl her daughter. “It’s good news. It’s good for Malawi,” said Cherie Marten, one of the workers at Kondanani orphanage, 30 kilometres (20 miles) from Blantyre in the lush tea-growing district of Thyolo. Madonna won her battle to adopt a young daughter from Malawi on Friday when the country’s highest court ruled that Chifundo James, whose name means Mercy, could become part of the US singer’s family. The orphanage only learned of the ruling when journalists came looking for Chifundo, who was not there. Madonna’s lawyers said they were preparing travel documents for the girl to bring her to the pop star. The orphanage is known as one of the best in Malawi, an impoverished nation struggling to cope with hundreds of thousands of AIDS orphans. afp
Kondanani orphanage, the place where Madonna first laid eyes on a toddler named Mercy, welcomed the court ruling Friday that made the three-year-old girl her daughter. “It’s good news. It’s good for Malawi,” said Cherie Marten, one of the workers at Kondanani orphanage, 30 kilometres (20 miles) from Blantyre in the lush tea-growing district of Thyolo. Madonna won her battle to adopt a young daughter from Malawi on Friday when the country’s highest court ruled that Chifundo James, whose name means Mercy, could become part of the US singer’s family. The orphanage only learned of the ruling when journalists came looking for Chifundo, who was not there. Madonna’s lawyers said they were preparing travel documents for the girl to bring her to the pop star. The orphanage is known as one of the best in Malawi, an impoverished nation struggling to cope with hundreds of thousands of AIDS orphans. afp