Madonna has been considering adopting an orphan from Malawi , a country that she is presently visiting . She is there as part of a humanitarian mission.
She is to funding numerous projects for underprivileged children there, including an orpahange that feeds as well as educates orphans .
The celebrity singer and mother of two, married to Guy Ritchie the film director, told Time in early 2006 that the Malawi project was something she could get stuck into.
Having children has given Madonna another perspective on life. She now feels more responsible for the children in world .
A spokesperson for the singer has denied reports that she has adopted a one-year-old boy from the country. Madonna visited an orphanage on the second day of her trip to Malawi, fueling speculation that she is to adopt a local one year old boy.
The singer flew there by private jet. Madonna had originally wanted to adopt a girl and had decided to adopt a boy in the end.
Malawian officials allowed the pop star exemption from the country's ban on non-resident adoptions . There are over 1 million children without parents in Malawi and this has brought much attention to their plight.
Madonna visited the Kondanani orphanage in Bvumbwe, which is on the outskirts of Malawi's commercial capital Blantyre. The singer intends to spend $3m on programmes to support Malawian orphans and another $1million to fund a documentary about the plight of Malawian children .
