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Seven years after her controversial adoption of David Banda, the pop star goes back to his former children’s home.
Madonna has returned to the orphanage where she adopted one of her Malawian children.
The pop star was welcomed with song and dance from youngsters at the Home of Hope, where she adopted David Banda in 2006.
She said she was pleased to visit the orphanage, in the western district of Mchinji near the Zambian border.
“I’m happy that David is back to see his brothers and sisters,” she said.
David, now eight, was accompanied by his sister Mercy James, also eight, and also adopted from Malawi, and Madonna’s biological children, Rocco and Lourdes.
The visit saw him taken to see his former crib, which has been preserved in his memory.
It was not known if the family would also visit the Kondanani Children’s Village, where Madonna adopted Mercy in 2009 after a protracted court battle.
Madonna and her children will visit a paediatrics hospital in Blantyre later, and another orphanage Friday.
The singer arrived in Malawi on Monday to visit projects she has helped with.
She had initially planned to build a $15m (£10m) 500-bed Raising Malawi Academy for girls, before changing plans to help fund several community schools.
