Posted September 8, 200618 yr Madonna and Guy Ritchie are planning to adopt an African baby, according to reports. The couple hope an addition to the family will strengthen their marriage, which has been the subject of speculation for some time, according to The People. A source told the paper that they took the decision after trying unsuccessfully to have their own child for some time. Now they plan to visit an orphanage in Malawi next month and bring back a child. "Guy would have liked nothing more than to have had another child with Madonna," said a friend of the pair. "But after months and months of trying this hasn't proved possible yet. Madonna has now fallen for the idea of adopting a child in Malawi." The source also said their marriage is still coming under increasing pressure. "She is still as up for the showbiz lifestyle as ever," he said. "It's hard to keep up with Madonna. For Guy it has become nigh on impossible. "Guy is a very talented film director in his own right but his career has not taken off in anything like the way it looked as though it would. Sometimes he doesn't look like he wants to be around the Madonna entourage. It is not his scene and never has been." source: digital spy
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September 25, 200618 yr If Madonna adopts an African baby and an Asian baby , that would be so great. Her family will be an international family. :D
October 4, 200618 yr LILONGWE (Reuters) - Pop diva Madonna adopted a young boy in Malawi on Wednesday and moved ahead with plans to fund a center for 1,000 orphans, many of whom lost parents to AIDS in the impoverished African nation. The "Material Girl" and an entourage arrived in the Malawian capital Lilongwe by private plane early on Wednesday and were quickly whisked away to an undisclosed location in a fleet of cars and trucks. Government officials said the 48-year-old singer, already a mother of two, chose the one-year-old orphan from among 12 children specially chosen prior to her arrival in the country, which has legions of children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic. "She asked us to identify boys only, which we have done after visiting four orphanages in Lilongwe," government spokeswoman Adrina Michiela said. Michiela said Madonna had wanted to adopt a girl but changed her mind two weeks ago. It was unclear whether Madonna, for whom Malawi waived its ban on non-resident adoptions, would leave the country with her adopted baby or whether they would be reunited at a later date. The trip has stoked high expectations in Malawi, a nation of 13 million people who are dependent on tobacco exports. Madonna has said she plans to spend at least $3 million on programs to support orphans in Malawi and another $1 million to fund a documentary about the plight of children in the country. She traveled to Mphandula, a village 20 km (12.5 miles) outside Lilongwe, where she is funding the construction of the Raising Malawi center to feed and educate around 1,000 orphans. Residents in Mphandula, which has no electricity, were earlier busy rehearsing songs and preparing for her arrival. Critics have described the project as a publicity stunt that follows in the footsteps of other celebrities, including actress Angelina Jolie, who have taken up causes on the world's poorest continent. As part of their studies, orphans at the center will be taught a curriculum based on Spirituality for Kids linked to the Kabbalah school of mysticism to which Madonna adheres. Source: Reuters.
October 4, 200618 yr Aaaaaaand this story says she hasn't adopted!!! I give up, can't keep up with the woman :lol: http://celebrity.aol.com/people/ataol/arti...1542537,00.html However, I do think its great she's doing all this stuff in Malawi, adoption or not :D
October 4, 200618 yr Madonna's publict Liz Rosenberg has just officially announced that Madonna 'will not' be adopting an African child or any child for that matter! :)
