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Madonna leaves Malawi after week's charity tour

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LILONGWE, Malawi -Madonna has left Malawi after a nearly weeklong visit with her family, airport and charity officials said Saturday.
Officials said Madonna flew out of the southern African country on Friday. The 51-year-old celebrity arrived in the impoverished country on Sunday accompanied by her four children — daughters Lourdes and Mercy, and sons Rocco and David. Mercy and David were adopted from Malawi.
While in Malawi, she broke ground for her $15 million Raising Malawi Academy for Girls and visited the orphanage that cared for her son David before she adopted him.
Madonna's Raising Malawi, a charity founded in 2006 when she first visited the country, helps feed, educate and provide medical care for some of Malawi's orphans.
Malawi, a nation of 12 million, is one of the poorest countries in the world. About 500,000 children have lost a parent to AIDS.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
2009-11-02 05:10:32

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ShopKnuckleheads

01:32 AMJun 22 2009

a father in the picture? so where has this "father" been for the last three years?no one calling himself her father has ever visited her.maybe he just wants to get on oprah?

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SMP60

12:33 AMJun 22 2009

None of us are perfect but we should all be thankful she is giving these children a better life and a chance here in America and they are surrounded by other adults that can teach them and show they are cared for .Be gratful she could just blow her money on material things and not help those in need she is helping the families as well im sure so have an open mind

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Mmaria1003

10:31 PMJun 22 2009

Why are these stars going over seas to adopt, when there are lots of children hear in their own country who needs homes.

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RKR1962

05:37 PMJun 21 2009

TREEHOUSECAMP2/ WHAT A GREAT ANALOGY , AND THANKS FOR THE SENSITIVE COMMENT OF A LADY WHO IS DOING SOMETHING FROM HER HEART. BESIDES MADONNA DOES NOT HAVE TO ADOPT A CHILD FOR PUBLICITY.

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Pina109

02:24 PMJun 21 2009

that kid is just a tax deduction for madonna. she has NO mothering skills and is a terrible role model for children

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SacMom3

01:18 AMJun 21 2009

It's just not right to buy a human child like you would buy a puppy in a pet store.

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Aearthling59

08:22 PMJun 21 2009

I wish I had her money I would go to Malawi and build a school, hospital and water project that way the people there could help themselves by working and then taking care of their own families. That would strenghen families and help build the community, oh, if I only had money.

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Thunderandpeach

10:03 AMJun 20 2009

Just the fact that she did not go and bring the child back to her home personally and instead sent a nurse and guardian is indicative of why this adoption should not have taken place. Keeping in mind also that if there was ANY controversy over it, it should have not happened. What if the biological father of this little girl could provide for her the basics in life including having a father who is her blood relative and instead is getting a mother unrelated. A new recruit for her Kabbalah-driven life.

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XStatic74

09:32 AMJun 20 2009

Right wingers belong in a mental asylum.

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Flsunshine8418

09:25 AMJun 13 2009

If you have money to spread around, it seems you can do whatever you wish. They checked her income tax statement and decided she can give the child a good life. Nobody cares about the man who thinks he's the dad wants to raise the child. Well, judge, money isn't everything. I've seen alley cats with more morals than "The Material Girl". Too bad the little girl is going to become another prop in Madonna's career.

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Madonna has left Malawi after a nearly weeklong visit with her family, airport and charity officials said Saturday.