Adoptive Parent searching for Ethiopian family of female, birth name Kalkidan, born in 2009. She was found abandoned on 28/07/2009 at 2am at the Missionaries of Charity Compound in Kebel 08 in Dire Dawa. She was adopted in 2009 to Australia through the Missionaries of Charity Orphanage in Addis Ababa.
Submitted by Adoptive Parent searching for Ethiopian family
Child’s Information
12 weeks
Gender of Child Girl
Year of child’s birth 2009
Name of child at the time of adoption Kalkidan Teresa
Ethiopian birth name of child Kalkidan
Age of child at adoption 0-12 months
Year child was adopted 2009
Additional information: From Police report: “2 weeks old girl called Kalkidan was abandoned on 28/07/2009 at 2am at the Missionaries of Charity Compound in Kebel 08”
Relinquishment or Abandonment Information
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2009
To the best of your knowledge, child was Abandoned
Region child(ren) found Dire Dawa Region
Zone child(ren) found Dire Dawa – Dire Dawa Region
City/town child(ren) found Dire Dawa
Details of child(ren)’s abandonment Abandoned at the age of 2 weeks known by the name of Kalkidan. She was abandoned on the 28/07/2009 at 2am at the Missionaries of Charity compound in Kebel 08 Dire Dawa.
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed UNKNOWN Adoption Agency
List adoption agency workers with titles if known Mr Girma Anto, Sr Serephene, Sr Joan of Arc.
Adoptive Country Australia
Additional information regarding adoption agency and/or country of adoption We adopted Kalkidan through the Missionaries of Charity Orphanage in Addis Ababa. We are Australian citizens that were living in the UAE as expats at the time of adoption.
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center used in the adoption Missionaries of Charity
Orphanage or care center workers and their titles, if known Sr Serephen, Sr Joan of Arc, Mr Girma Anto all located at the Missionaries of Charity Orphanage in Addis Ababa
Region of orphanage or care center Dire Dawa Region
Zone of orphanage or care center Dire Dawa – Dire Dawa Region
City/Town of orphanage or care center Dire Dawa
Additional information about this orphanage or care center Kalkidan was there from the age of 2 weeks until the age of 12 weeks when she was transferred to the Missionaries of Charity orphanage in Addis Ababa.
Orphanage/care center #2
12 weeks
Orphanage or care center used in the adoption Missionaries of Charity
Region of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa region in Ethiopia
Zone of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa zone
City/Town of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa
