Adoptive Parent searching for Ethiopian family of female born in 2012. She was found on a roadside as a newborn baby in Hawassa, SNNPR. She was adopted in 2014 to the USA through Adoption Advocates International via Kidane Mehret. The family is also looking for a possible older sister or near relative who was also adopted to the USA and born between 2003-2005.
Submitted by Adoptive Parent searching for Ethiopian family and possible sibling also adopted
Child’s Information 
Gender of Child Girl
Ethnicity of Child Amhara
Additional information about child’s ethnicity We think that she is Amharic but am not sure
Year of child’s birth 2012
Name of child at the time of adoption Martha, Marti, Marta
Ethiopian birth name of child Martha
Age of child at adoption 2 years
Year child was adopted 2014
Give information about child’s Ethiopian family, if known. No information about Ethiopian family but we believe there may be an older sister adopted to the US.
Are you searching for another child from the same Ethiopian family? Yes
Give data about other children from the same Ethiopian family Possibly an older sister also adopted by an American family born 2003 – 2005
Relinquishment or Abandonment Information
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2012
To the best of your knowledge, child was Abandoned
Region of origin Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region
Zone of origin Awassa Zone
City/town of origin Hawassa/ Awasa/ Awassa
Give information about how the child became available for adoption Our daughter was abandoned on a roadside as a newborn baby in Hawassa and placed in an orphanage. The man who found her was named Banja and she was taken to the police station at that time. There she was named Martha. For the first year of her life she lived in an orphanage in Hawassa and then was transferred to Addis Ababa where she was at the orphanage Kidane Mehret.
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed IN ETHIOPIA Adoption Advocates International
Adoptive Country USA
Additional information regarding adoption agency and/or country of adoption Hawassa
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center used in the adoption Kidane Mehret
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 Adoption Avenues 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
