Adoptive parent searching for Ethiopian family of boy, Eyuel Kebebetsehay, born in 2016 in or near Addis Ababa. He was found on 8 February 2016 at 3.30 pm in “Zero Zetegn Ketena 4” in Akaki Kality Sub City, Addis Ababa at the estimated age of between 15-23 days old. He was adopted privately to Australia through Sele Enat and Kebebe Tsehai orphanages in 2017.
Submitted by Adoptive Parent
Child’s Information
4 months
Gender of Child Boy
Year of child’s birth 2016
Name of child at the time of adoption Eyuel Kebebetsehay
Age of child at adoption 1
Year child was adopted 2017
Relinquishment or Abandonment Information
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2016
To the best of your knowledge, child was Abandoned
Region child(ren) found Addis Ababa Region
Zone child(ren) found Addis Ababa zone
City/town child(ren) found Addis Ababa
Details of child(ren)’s abandonment The child was found on 8 February 2016 at 3.30 pm in Akaki Kality Sub City in Addis Ababa. Special name of the area “Zero Zetegn Ketena 4”. Estimated age of the child was between 15-23 days old. Child first entered the Kebebe Tsehay / Kebebe Tsehai orphanage on 8 February, 2016. He moved to Sele Enat on 23 March, 2016.
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed None
Additional Information No adoption agency was used. It was a private adoption, organised through a private facilitator: Samson Tefera.
Adoptive Country Australia
Orphanage/care center #1
21 months (at time of adoption)
Orphanage or care center used in the adoption Sele Enat
Orphanage or care center workers and their titles, if known Deputy Director, Zalalem Eteffa, Director: Yared Abdu, Nannies: Roma, Genet
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 Kebebe Tsehai
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
