Okay, I love the fact that he is gonna give this little girl money to provide her with what she needs, its wonderful. He’s leaving her in Africa thou, so…I say he should sponser atleast 50 little African girls, he has the money to do it. He could build his own little DiCaprio Village in Africa.

It would be so wonderful if he adopted her! I know this is off topic but he is gorgeous!

Go Leo!

I’m sure he’s not the one claiming he “adopted her” – it just makes for a better headline if they use that word. Not too many single guys think about the plight of starving orphans in Africa, so he definitely deserves some credit for being aware and generous.

I think what he does is great.

Amy, you are so right! Thank you.

I think what Leo is doing is very kind. He’s giving a child the right things that she needs. Food, education. He’s giving her a proper chance at life – doesn’t every child in this world deserve that?

Leo has a very busy lifestyle with work and everything so it wouldn’t really be in the child’s best interests if he brought her over to America. Children need parents to be able to stay at home and bring them up that way, and its unfortunate that Leo can’t.

WELL DONE LEONARDO!

I don’t think he should be critized for this- either way he’s helping her out by sending money. That’s better than nothing at all.

I completely agree with Amy.

adopting is where you want to take the child home love them cherish every moment in their lives just like you would do a child you had yourself. Like I said before it is great what he is doing for this little girl but its not adopting its just sponsorship! Which is still great but if he is going to adopt her then he should adopt her completley

It doesn’t say anywhere that she doesn’t have a family – Perhaps she does, and he doesn’t wish to take her away from her home and her country. Sponsoring a child is a great thing! I sponsor two, and I can tell it makes a difference to their lives.

Maybe he is not ready to have children of his own and wants to help in some way. I applaud him for not adopting a child he may not feel capable of taking care of,physically that is.

What bothers me is not that Leo is simply “throwing money her way” but the fact that he’s being credited with “adopting” this little girl. I think he’s doing a great thing, but as someone who’s been involved in the adoption and foster care community her whole life, I know that he is most certainly not adopting her (and I doubt he sees it that way). To quote my father, who is an adoptive and foster father, being an adoptive dad means “committing your own time and emotional energy to a child whose race, background, and emotional makeup may be dramatically different from your own. It means sacrificing a part of yourself for the benefit of a little one who so desperately needs a dad to show them that they are worth such a sacrifice.”

Kudos to Leo for helping this little girl. I think he’s doing a wonderful thing, and this child’s life will be better because of him. I don’t want to discredit what he is doing, but I also don’t want to see adoptive parents discredited for what they’ve done. I don’t want people to read this news and think that adoption is no more than a financial commitment; adoption is a 24/7 commitment of time and energy (and a 24/7 blessing!).