Ethiopian mother, Aseret, searching for Etalem born in 2000-2001 and Kirubel born in 2004-2005. They were adopted in 2004 when Etalem was age 4 and Kirubel was age 5 months. The children are from Wolayta, Soddo. They were adopted to the USA through Children’s Cross Connection. The agency may be Christian World Adoption CWA. The children have two siblings adopted to a different family.
Submitted by Ethiopian Mother searching for child
ስለ ህጻኑ(ኗ) መረጃ / Child’s Information
የህጻኑ(ኗ) ጾታ / Gender of Child Female

የህጻኑ(ኗ) ብሄር / Ethnicity of Child Wolayta
የህጻኑ(ኗ) የልደት ቀን(እንደ አውሮፓውያን አቆጣጠር) / Year of child’s birth (Western calendar) 2000-2001
ህጻኑ(ኗ) ሲወለድ የተሰጠው ስም( ቅጽል ስሞችን ይጨምሩ) / Birth Name of Child Etalem I. / Ethalem I. / Etalem I.
ስለ ጉዲፈቻ ቤተሰቦች መረጃ (የጉዲፈቻ ቤተሰቦቹ ስም፣ ስለቤተሰቡ የሚያውቁት ማንኛውም አይነት ነገር) / Information about adoptive family USA – have photo
ወደ ህጻናት ማሳደጊያ ሲገባ(ስትገባ) የህጻኑ(ኗ) እድሜ ወይም ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ ህጻኑ(ኗ)ን ሲያዩት እድሜው(እድሜዋ) ስንት ነበር / Age when child entered care center or orphanage 4
ልጅዎ በ መች ዓመተምህረት ወደ ህጻናት ማሳደጊያ ገባ(ገባች)? ወይም ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ ህጻኑን(ኗን) ያዩት በ መች ዓመተምህረት ነው(እንደ አውሮፓውያን አቆጣጠር) / Year child entered a care center or orphanage (Western calendar) 2004-2005
ለ ማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ) ሲሰጥ(ስትሰጥ) የህጻኑ እድሜ / Age of child at adoption 4
ለማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ) የተሰጠው(ችው) በመች ዓመተምህረት / Year child was adopted (Western calendar) 2004 – 2005
ከህጻኑ(ኗ) ጋር አብረው ለጉዲፈቻ የተሰጡ ወንድሞች፣ እህቶች፣ የአክስት ወይም አጎትልጆች ካሉ መረጃ ይስጡ / Give information about brothers, sisters or cousins adopted with child 1 brother Kirubel age 5 months at adoption
ለሌላ ቤተሰብ ለማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ) የተሰጡ ወንድሞች፣ እህቶች፣ የአክስት ወይም አጎት ልጆች ካሉ መረጃ ይስጡ / Give information about brothers, sisters or cousins adopted to other families 2 sisters
ስለ ማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ) አስፈጻሚው ድርጅት መረጃ / Adoption Agency Information
ማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ)ውን ያስፈጸመው ድርጅት / Adoption agency that processed the adoption UNKNOWN but possibly Christian World Adoption / CWA. The Ethiopian family worked with Children’s Cross Connection / Children Cross Connection, Henok Desta Project Head
ማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ)ውን ያስፈጸመው ድርጅት የኢትዮጵያ ተወካይ / Ethiopian representative of adoption agency Henok Desta Project Head
የ ማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ) አስፈጻሚው ድርጅ ሌሎች ሰራተኞች / Other adoption agency workers Zelalem and sister Amarech community worker at Soddo.
ህጻኑ(ኗ) ማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ) የተሰጠበት(የተሰጠችበት) ሃገር / Country to which child was adopted USA
ህጻኑ(ኗ) ማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ) ስለተሰጠበት(ተሰጠችበት) ሃገር ተጨማሪ መረጃ / Additional Country Information We have photos of the adoptive parents
የህጻናት ማሳደጊያ ቁጥር 1 / Orphanage/care center #1
የህጻናት ማሳደጊያው ስም / Name of orphanage or care center Children’s Cross Connection
የህጻናት ማሳደጊያው ተወካይ / Representative of orphanage or care center Henok Desta
የህጻናት ማሳደጊያው ሌሎች ሰራተኞች / Other orphanage or care center workers (separate with commas) Henok Desta Project Head, Zelalem and sister Amarech were community workers in Soddo who assisted.
የህጻናት ማሳደጊያው ያለበት ወይም የነበረበት ክልል / Region of orphanage or care center Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, Wolayta Soddo / Wolaitta Sodo
ስለ የህጻናት ማሳደጊያው ተጫማሪ መረጃ / Additional information about orphanage or care center The Children were taken directly from birth parent’s home to Addis Ababa.
የህጻናት ማሳደጊያ ቁጥር 2 / Orphanage/care center #2
የህጻናት ማሳደጊያው ስም / Name of orphanage or care center UNKNOWN
ማደጎ(ጉዲፈቻ) ስለተሰጠ ህጻን መረጃ / Information on Child Given for Adoption
ህጻኑን(ኗን) ለ ማደጎ( ጉዲፈቻ) የሰጠው ሰው ስም / Name of person who gave the child for adoption Aseret D. – mother

ህጻኑን(ኗን) ለ ማደጎ( ጉዲፈቻ) የሰጠው ሰው ከህጻኑ(ኗ) ጋር ያለው ዝምድና / Relationship of person who gave the child for adoption Mother
ህጻኑን(ኗን) የተቀበለው ድርጅት / Organization that received the child Children’s Cross Connection
ህጻኑን(ኗን) የተቀበለው ግለሰብ ስም / Name of person who received the child Henok Desta
ህጻኑ(ኗ) ለ ማደጎ( ጉዲፈቻ) የተሰጠበት(የተሰጠችበት) ክልል / Region where child was given Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region Wolaitta Soddo / Wolayta Sodo
ልጅዎን ለማፈላለግ የሚጠቅም ተጨማሪ መረጃ / Additional information that could be useful in finding your child The Ethiopian family took both children to Addis Ababa court. Mother has photo of the family in USA. Two times the husband and once the wife visited her one year after the adoption. No post replacement reports were given to the Ethiopian family. Have photo of adoptive parents.