Female infant born in 2005 was found at age 2 months in the Hadiya Zone, SNNPR. Child may be from Bobico, a very small village on the edge of Hosana, or Bukuna village, Bukena Checheyencho Kebele, Lemu district, Hadiya region. Police Officer is the son of the person who found her, so both may be known to the family. She was adopted in 2005 to the USA using Children’s Home Society and Family Services CHSFS.
Submitted by Adoptive parent searching for child’s Ethiopian family
Child’s Information
Gender of Child female
Ethnicity of Child UNKNOWN
Year of child’s birth 2005
Ethiopian birth Name of Child UNKNOWN
Name of child at the time of adoption Tideg Tekalo also known as Tideg Kaemo
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 2 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2005
Age of child at adoption 0-12 months
Year child was adopted 2005
Number of siblings/cousins adopted with the child 0
Number of siblings/cousins adopted to other families 0
Additional information about the child flat mole on left hip, dime size oval birthmark on right side.
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed Children’s Home Society and Family Services (USA)
Ethiopian representative of adoption agency Asnake
Country to which the child was adopted USA
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Bete Saida, but officially in CHSFS adoption agency Care Center
Region of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa Region
Zone of orphanage or care center UNKNOWN
City/Town of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa
Additional information about this orphanage or care center Child was never in this orphanage was only used to process paperwork. Child was in CHSFS care center in Addis.
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed UNKNOWN
Other orphanage or care center workers Gete Alem
Region of orphanage or care center Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region
Zone of orphanage or care center UNKNOWN
City/Town of orphanage or care center Hosana, Hosanna, Hosaena, Hossana
Additional information about this orphanage or care center Child taken to home of Gete Alem in Hosana, cared for there approximately one week then transfered to Addis Ababa to CHSFS Care Center
Information for Abandoned Children
Name of person who found the child Kaemo Kede
Relationship or title of person who found the child stranger
Region where child was found Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region SNNPR
Zone where child was found Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region – Hadiya
City/town where child was found Hosana, Hosanna, Hosaena, Hossana
Police Officer involved with the case Melese Gadore
Additional information that could be useful in making a match Child reported to be found in Bobico, a very small village on the edge of Hosana. Some reason to believe that child may actually be from Bukuna village, Bukena Checheyencho Kebele, Lemu district, Hadiya region. She was found at age 2 months. Also Police Officer is son of finder so both may be known to the family.