Adoptee Search: Girl Born 1988 Found in Addis Ababa Adopted 1989 to the Netherlands through Stichting Afrika via Kebebe Tsehai

Female Adoptee searching for Ethiopian family. She was born 1988 and found in  Addis Ababa Addis Ababa around 3rd police station, 6 kilo, Menen, Yekatit 12, Jan Meda. She was adopted to the Netherlands through Stichting Afrika via Kebebe Tsehai Orphanage in 1989 or 1981 EC.

Submitted by Adoptee searching for Ethiopian family

Child’s Information

Age of Child in Photo 1 year old, 1989

Gender of Child Female

Year of child’s birth 1988

Name of child at the time of adoption Bethelehem Birla / Betelehem / Bethlem

Ethiopian birth name of child Bethelehem Birla Beyu

Age of child at adoption 1 year

Year child was adopted 1989

Relinquishment or Abandonment Information

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Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months

Year child entered a care center or orphanage 1988

To the best of your knowledge, child was Abandoned

Region child(ren) found Addis Ababa Region

Zone child(ren) found Addis Ababa – Addis Ababa Region

City/town child(ren) found Addis Ababa, Around 3rd police station, 6 kilo, Menen, Yekatit 12, Jan Meda

Details of child(ren)’s abandonment Bethlehem was found at around six months of age. The finding area is somewhere around 3rd police station, 6 kilo, Menen, Yekatit 12, Jan Meda. An unknown woman claimed she found Betelehem but there’s also a story that a police officer found her. Police took her to the Yekatit 12 Hospital in Addis Ababa. The Yekatit 12 Hospital found a place for me at Kebebe Tsehay Orphanage Center. 

Adoption Agency Information

Adoption agency through which the child was processed Stichting Afrika (Netherlands)

Adoptive Country Netherlands

Additional information regarding adoption agency and/or country of adoption Adopted June 4, 1989 to Holland (Netherlands). There is a picture of Bethelehem and Shibirie Kebret at the Kebebe Tsehai Orphanage, she worked at the Orphanage.

Orphanage/care center #1

Age of Child in Photo 1 year old, 1989

Orphanage or care center used in the adoption Kebebe Tsehai

Orphanage or care center workers and their titles Shibirie Kebret and Fanaye Zeleke both are caregivers. Miss Azeb Adefresew, Mister Debebe and Meteknesh Teklu were named as witnesses of the adoption and were working at the ministry at that time.

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

Additional information about this orphanage or care center Coordinates:   9°2’59″N   38°45’18″E

Additional information that could be useful to the case As a baby, Betelehem had a small scar on her forehead. There are different stories about who found her. Between the hospital land the orphanage there is a big gap of more than four months. That’s remarkable because no one knows where she has been during that time or who took care of her. The name Bethelehem Birla Beyu was probably given at the hospital, that means my biological family knows me by another name.

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