Adoptive Parent searching for the Ethiopian family of boy, birth name Tegegn /Tegegne, born 2011 in Kembata, SNNPR. Tegegne was relinquished by his mother Amarch A. at one month old. He was adopted in 2011 to Canada via Canadian Advocates for the Adoption of Children/CAFAC and Gelgella / Gelgela Integrated Orphans.
Submitted by Adoptive Parent
Child’s Information 
Gender of Child Boy
Year of child’s birth 2010
Name of child at the time of adoption Tegegn, Tegegne
Age of child at adoption 0-12 months
Year child was adopted 2011
Give information about child’s Ethiopian family, if known. Birth mom Amarch A. surrendered Tegegn to the court when he was one month old he went to the Gelgala Orphanage in Addis Ababa although court and birth family was from the Kembata area we believe.
Relinquishment or Abandonment Information
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2010
To the best of your knowledge, child was Relinquished
Region of relinquishment Nationalities, and Peoples Region, Southern Nations
Zone of relinquishment Nationalities, and Peoples Region, Kembata Tembaro – Southern Nations
City/town of relinquishment UNKNOWN city or town
Do you believe child(ren) were relinquished willingly? Yes
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed IN ETHIOPIA Canadian Advocates for the Adoption of Children/CAFAC (Canada)
Adoptive Country Canada
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center used in the adoption Gelgella / Gelgela Integrated Orphans
Orphanage or care center workers and their titles, if known Tegegn was first placed in the Gelgala orphanage in Addis Ababa for a short period of tine then moved to the CAFAC foster home.
Region of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa Region
Zone of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa – Addis Ababa Region
City/Town of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center used in the adoption CAFAC foster home
Orphanage or care center workers and their titles, if known Betalu
Region of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa Region
Zone of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa – Addis Ababa Region
City/Town of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa
