A group of moms (2 I know personally) are helping a NGO orphanage/transition center in Ethiopia to get off the ground. Most of the funds will come from private donations. Anyone familiar with Ethiopian adoptions knows that the larger adoption agencies have their own transition centers where kids will be moved once they have a family committed to adopting them. Other, smaller agencies, do not have this. The kids they refer will stay in the orphanage they are in until such time as their family can travel to pick them up. The average time from referral until travel is 3-4 months.
It may not seem like such a big deal to stay in their same orphanage for that extra 3-4 months but sometimes it can be the difference in life or death. I know of 2 families in our local ET adoption group whose babies died in an orphanage while waiting for their family to travel. It was a large orphanage. (TB and pneumonia travel quickly)
The plan for this new center is that the smaller agencies can move their referred kids into this center. The kids will be given plenty of food and good medical care. They will be put on schedule (many larger orphanages cannot do this just by the volume of kids they have).
If you'd like to read more, go to this site: www.ethioamericanfamily.org/
How you can help: 1) Spread the word 2) Do all your internet searches through goodsearch.com and name them as your charity 3) Donations (Time/money/Items-they need a laptop)
So, check them out and spread the word.
Come On Over
18 years ago
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