Madonna should not adopt baby Mercy, says Save The Children

by Anita Singh © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2009
The singer is expected in the impoverished African nation this weekend to begin adoption proceedings for Mercy James, a toddler whom she picked out during a previous visit.The little girl's parents have died, according to government officials, but she is believed to have surviving family members including uncles and aunts.
Mercy has spent the majority of her life in the Home of Hope orphanage in Mchinji, where Madonna, 50, also found her first adoptive child, David Banda.
Save The Children said Mercy should not be taken from Malawi. "The best place for a child is in his or her family in their home community. Most children in orphanages have one parent still living or have an extended family that can care for them in the absence of their parents," said the charity's spokesman, Dominic Nutt.
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