Adoptive Parent searching for Ethiopian family of boy born in 2006 in the Oromia Region. He was found in Haramaya / Alem Maya, East Harergue Zone, Oromia Region as a newborn by a woman named Halifa A. or M. who kept him for 2 years before relinquishing him to the orphanage. He was adopted in 2008 to France through an unknown agency and SOS Infants Ethiopia and Toukoul Orphanage.
Submitted by Adoptive Parent
Child’s Information
Gender of Child Boy
Year of child’s birth 2006
Name of child at the time of adoption Ahimedin
Ethiopian birth name of child Unknown
Age of child at adoption 2 years
Year child was adopted 2008
Give information about child’s Ethiopian family, if known. Unknown
Relinquishment or Abandonment Information
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 2 years
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2008
To the best of your knowledge, child was Abandoned
Region child(ren) found Oromia Region
Zone child(ren) found East Hararghe – Oromia Region
City/town child(ren) found Haramaya / Alem Maya
Details of child(ren)’s abandonment Halifa A./M. found him as a newborn abandoned in Haramaya / Alem Maya, East Harergue Zone. She looked after the child for two years but was not able to continue raising him so she relinquished him to the SOS Children Ethiopia orphanage in the city of Chero / Asebe Teferi.
Police officer involved with the case Tameru N. Head of the Social Affairs Department and Yonas A.
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed UNKNOWN Adoption Agency
List adoption agency workers with titles if known Yeshimebet T. : Translation Office, Yonas A. : Office of Labor and Social Affairs, Tameru N. : Head of the Social Affairs Department
Adoptive Country France
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center used in the adoption SOS Infants Ethiopia
Orphanage or care center workers and their titles, if known SOS Infants Ethiopia Chero (Asebe Teferi)
Region of orphanage or care center Oromia Region
Zone of orphanage or care center East Hararghe – Oromia Region
City/Town of orphanage or care center UNKNOWN city or town
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center used in the adoption Toukoul Orphanage
Region of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa region
Zone of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa zone
City/Town of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa
