Adoptive Parent searching for Ethiopian Family of male born 2005, birth name Melkamu. He was relinquished as an infant by a woman who might have been his grandmother in Awassa, SNNPR. He was adopted in 2005 to the USA through Wide Horizons for Children.
Submitted by Adoptive Parent searching for Ethiopian Family
Child’s Information 
Gender of Child Male
Ethnicity of Child Wolayta
Year of child’s birth 2005
Name of child at the time of adoption Melkamu
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2005
Age of child at adoption 0-12 months
Year child was adopted 2005
Number of siblings/cousins adopted with the child 0
Number of siblings/cousins adopted to other families 0
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed Wide Horizons for Children (USA)
Country to which the child was adopted USA
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Horizon Houses 1 and 2
Region of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa region in Ethiopia
Zone of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa zone
City/Town of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa
Information for Relinquished Children
Relationship of person who relinquished child grandmother?
Region where child was relinquished Nationalities, and Peoples Region, Southern Nations
Zone where child was relinquished Nationalities, and Peoples Region, Sidama – Southern Nations
City/town where child was relinquished Awasa
Additional relinquishment information Girma was the WHFC social worker
