Ethiopia Adoption - Learn more about the Children

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A little Ethiopain girl part of international adoption from Ethiopia

Thousands of children in Ethiopia need the love and belonging of an adoptive family. Perhaps your son or daughter is there this very moment. Perhaps an Ethiopian birth mother is courageously carrying a child destined to be yours.

Holt needs adoptive families for…

Gender--boys and girls. (First-time parents must be open to either gender)
Ages--infants through school age
Health—most children are healthy and within normal ranges for development. Some children with medical conditions or special needs are available through Holt’s Waiting Child Program.
Priorities--We especially need families for boys and siblings.

While poverty is a widespread problem in Ethiopia, Holt never considers poverty alone to justify international adoption. Children needing adoptive families may have lost one or both parents. Some have been abandoned, and others become homeless due to social/cultural conditions that present extreme hardship.

Most of Holt’s adoptable children come from an area south of Addis Ababa. Our staff there receives children into care, performs initial evaluations and provides immediate medical treatment and nurturing. At the same time Holt assesses the child’s birth family and counsels them about the decision to relinquish their child for international adoption. Where appropriate Holt offers assistance to enable the birth family to remain together. Holt also provides shelter, counseling, pre- and post-natal medical treatment for some birth mothers.

When Holt determines that international adoption is in the best interest of a child, we transfer that child to our new child care center in Addis. This center provides an attentive environment where children are lovingly encouraged to thrive and develop. Holt tests each child for HIV and other illnesses prior to referring them to a prospective family. The children receive excellent care from a caring staff. which includes a pediatrician, a professionally trained childcare supervisor and around-the-clock caregivers.

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