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Sisters of Madonna's Malawian twins are 'very happy'

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Check out our other videos here http://vid.io/xczD Sisters of Madonna's Malawian twins are 'very happy' NEWS: goo.gl/a3kAcQ The elder sisters of the twins adopted by Madonna in Malawi have spoken of their happiness that the girls have been given a new life of luxury – as they are left behind in their poverty-stricken village. Alinefe and Tifa Mwale insist they are thrilled the four-year-old girls would get the chance to fulfill their dreams in the US with the pop superstar. 'I am very happy for them,' said 15-year-old Alinefe. 'They will have a good education and they can live out their dreams. They are with someone who wants them and will love them so much. 'I am glad they are part of a family and they now have a mother who will love them. 'I want them to grow old being loved and to have people who cherish them.' Her younger sister aged 13 said: 'We only found out a day ago that they were in America. I do not know where that is but we are happy for them. I wish them well and hope their life will be one they are content with.' Stella and Esther Mwale are now in New York at the 58-year-old star's luxurious £32m townhouse getting to know their new family including siblings David Banda and Mercy James, whom Madonna also adopted from Malawi. The girls were flown to the US on a private jet after a judge ruled earlier this week that the star could legally adopt the girls and take them out of the impoverished African country. An overjoyed Madonna posted a photo of herself holding the twins hands as she announced to her fans and the world on Instagram that she was now their proud mother. The twins had been left in an orphanage since birth after their mother Patricia died from a loss of blood following a caesarean section delivery in August 2012. Madonna had said she felt 'compelled' to seek their adoption after hearing their tragic story. MailOnline tracked down the family of her new daughters to a remote village called Kayembe in the heart of the lush green maize fields 26 miles from the capital Lilongwe. The elder sisters, neatly dressed in school uniforms, were looking after their younger stepbrother, seven-year-old Kennedy. Their father Adam, who has signed over all parental rights of Stella and Esther to Madonna, had left the family home to look for work in neighbouring Zambia about 35 miles away from the village. The life of Alinefe and Tifa is about as far removed from what their sisters will now enjoy as humanly possible. They live in a primitive brick and clay built house that does not have running water, electricity or a toilet. Without a single home comfort it is simply a place where they can sleep at night and be sheltered from the scorching African sun during the day. Speaking through an interpreter, the pair revealed that they had never met the twins. They said they were too poor to afford the bus fare to travel the 40 miles to the town of Mchinji where Stella and Esther grew up in the Home of Hope orphanage. Their father Adam, 42, had not told them the twins were being adopted by one of the world's most recognisable performers and they only found out after friends told them they heard a news report about the adoption on the radio earlier this week. Neither Alinefe or Tifa had previously heard of Madonna, listened to one of her records or watched a video of the most successful female artist of all time. Unlike many teenagers there are no social media accounts, no laptop computer, TV or mobile phone. Their home is a brick and clay building they share with their father, their stepmother Anna and two other siblings, Kennedy, aged seven, and Gladys, aged 18. It has no amenities and the only real nod to the 21st Century is a mobile phone being charged on a table. As there is no electricity it was being charged via a tangle of cables and wires to a car battery. A single battery operated radio sat on the floor is the only provider of entertainment for Alinefe and Tifas as well as the other children. The girls do not have beds and sleep on the tarmac floor, which during the summer when temperatures hit the 40s, remains relatively cool. The girls have no furniture in the bedroom that is shared by all four siblings. The only light at night an oil powered lamp or a small solar powered torch. A corrugated metal roof keeps out the often-torrential rain than turns the 10km route into the village into a unpassable quagmire. Their only source of contact with the outside world is what other people pass on when they walk to the local school. The sisters have no idea about New York City, or even America, having never travelled outside of their village. They have no concept of what it would be like to fly or even travel in a car. When the name Madonna is mentioned to them, the girls smiled sweetly and shrugged.