Here are some other blogs below that I'm posting for our family members who may need to see other folks who've traveled successfully in their Ethiopian adoption processes. It's nice to see others who have been there, and we understand any and all worries our loving family may have. Please keep in mind that whichever of us travels will be escorted to and from the airport, and we'll stay at the House of Hope for meals and everything. Ethiopia also recently implemented a new law that prohibits adoptive parents from taking their children out into the community. We are required to stay with our daughter at the House of Hope full time and cannot leave the premises with her until we're ready to leave the country. Unless this law is changed or revised before we go, if we want to go anywhere our daughter will need nanny services.
This family just returned from Ethiopia this month with their gorgeous girl, Agnoti: http://familyofsixgoingtoethiopia.blogspot.com/
Here is another beautiful family of 5 (2 bio, 3 adopted): http://www.killeenteam7.blogspot.com/
You may be able to go back through the archives to find their travel details, but this little one os adorable: http://www.tnateam.blogspot.com/
A cutie! http://littlesilvestriboy.blogspot.com/
Here are some startling statistics on Ethiopia:
One out of every 20 children born alive die in their first month of life
One out of ten die before reaching their first birthday
One out of six die before reaching their fifth birthday
There are 4.6 million+ orphans in Ethiopia
The median age in Ethiopia is 18
1.5 million people in Ethiopia are infected with AIDS
Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa
2 comments:
I've actually heard a lot of really positive stories of travel for adoption to Ethiopia. Some of the orphanages like AHOPE sound like really supportive environments for the kids, and also are good at helping the children prepare for their transition.
Another thing I have heard is that while often told beforehand that the child's birth families are unknown or the child is an orphan but are sometimes surprised after arriving that the child has some family somewhere and are actually taken to travel and visit the family before leaving Ethiopia.
here are some more blogs of families with children from ethiopia:
http://www.owlhaven.net/
http://fullhousehandshearts.typepad.com/
http://ethiopia.adoptionblogs.com/
There are a few more that I know but they are password only so if you are interested I can give you their email and you can ask them for the password.
(I find family adoption blogs very interesting, in case you are wondering why I know so many!)
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