Male born in 1999 and adopted to the USA in 2000 using Americans for African Adoptions. He was found in the Akaki Kality area on the main road going into Addis, near Alem Bank, then taken by police to Kechene Children’s Home. The director of Kechene Orphanage at the time was Tefere Agonafer – the adoptive family would like to speak to her/him.
Submitted by Adoptive parent searching for Ethiopian family
Child’s Information
Gender of Child: male
Ethnicity of Child: Possibly Oromo
Year of child’s birth: 1999
Ethiopian birth Name of Child: UNKNOWN
Age when child entered care center or orphanage: 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage: 1999
Age of child at adoption: 0-12 months
Year child was adopted: 2000
Number of siblings/cousins adopted with the child: 0
Number of siblings/cousins adopted to other families: 0
Additional information about the child: light skin, heavy eyebrows
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed: Americans for African Adoptions (USA) AFAA
Ethiopian representative of adoption agency: Mantegbosh
Other adoption agency workers: Sharweg, Sela
Country to which the child was adopted: USA
Receiving country representative: Cheryl Carter Shotts
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed: Kechene Children’s Home – the director at the time was Tefere Agonafer / Tefere Agonafir / Tefere Agonifir- we would like to speak to her/him.
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 through which the child was processed: Americans for African Adoptions Foster Home
Orphanage or care center representative: Mantegbosh
Other orphanage or care center workers: Sharweg, Sela
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
Information for Abandoned Children
Name of person who found the child: Court documents state that Sgt Solomon Shimelis found the child and brought him to Kechene Children’s Home, however the Sgt does not remember the details of finding this particular child
Relationship or title of person who found the child: stranger / police officer
Region where child was found: Addis Ababa Region
City/town where child was found: Akaki
Police Officer involved with the case: Sgt Solomon Shimelis
Additional information that could be useful in making a match: We were told by the policeman the child was abandoned on the main road from Addis Ababa to Akaki in the Alem Bank area, a few blocks north of the city market area. The child may be from the East Shewa / Arsi area – Bishoftu, Adama, Assela, Abomsa, Assasa, Bokoji, Sagure, Kersa, Dhera, Etaya, Arsi Robe, Huruta, Debre Zeit, Metehara, Ziway, Shashemene, Kuyera, Negelle, or the Abjata-Shala area – Oromio Region
