Female adoptee searching for her Ethiopian family. Meron was born in 1995 and was relinquished by an unknown person in 1995 in Addis Ababa. She was place in Kebebe Tsehay orphanage in Addis Abebe. In 2001 at the age of 5, she was adopted to the Netherlands through Wereldkinderen / NICWO.
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Child’s Information

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Gender of Child Girl
Ethnicity of Child Amhara
Additional information about child’s ethnicity Geboren in Addis Ababa
Year of child’s birth 1995
Name of child at the time of adoption Meron
Ethiopian birth name of child Meron
Age of child at adoption 5 years
Year child was adopted 2001
Give information about child’s Ethiopian family Adoptee does not remember her parents.
Relinquishment or Abandonment Information
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months

Year child entered a care center or orphanage 1995
To the best of your knowledge, child was Relinquished
Region of relinquishment Addis Ababa Region
Zone of relinquishment Addis Ababa – Addis Ababa Region
City/town of relinquishment Addis Ababa
Name and relationship of relinquishing adult Unknown
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed Wereldkinderen/NICWO (Netherlands)
Adoptive Country Netherlands
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center used in the adoption Kebebe Tsehay
Region of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa region in Ethiopia
Zone of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa – Addis Ababa Region
City/Town of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa city or town