There has been some debate about whether Madonna or Branjolina should be adopting children from Third World Countries.
In my opinion the answer is a simple if broad stroke:
Third world countries, poverty, disease and the plight of children among many other issues are under-reported in the media. If celebrities choose to visit these countries and care for one or two orphans, this creates interest and steers attention to these countries and this is invaluable.
While the debates around the specifics relating to the children are more subjective, I think in the scheme of things you're talking about a wealthy person going out of their way (and their comfort zones) to do something that ought to benefit someone from an impoverished environment. I don't find anything wrong with that.
The cynics may say these celebrities are courting for attention. If they are I can't think of a better way or a better cause.
Malawi's child welfare minister had endorsed Madonna's adoption application.
"We have close to 2 million orphans in Malawi who need help," Women and Child Welfare Development Minister Anna Kachikho told The Associated Press. "We can't look after all of them as a country. If people like Madonna adopt even one such orphan, it's one mouth less we have to feed."
The United Nations estimates 18 million African children will have lost a parent to AIDS by 2010.
Madonna first traveled to Malawi in 2006 while filming a documentary on the devastating poverty and AIDS crisis. On this trip, she has been accompanied by her three children: 3-year-old David, 12-year-old daughter Lourdes and 8-year-old son Rocco.
Madonna and Lourdes also visited a village in Malawi this week and looked over plans to build a new school there. The singer has several charity projects in Malawi.
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