Adoptee Search: Female adopted as baby to the USA in 2008 via Bethzatha Children’s Home and Wide Horizons for Children WHFC.
Submitted by Adoptive parent searching for Ethiopian family
Child’s Information
Gender of Child Female
Ethnicity of Child Sidama
Year of child’s birth 2007
Birth Name of Child Meskerem, Meski
Name at time of adoption Meskerem
Information known about birth family Adoptive mother met birth mother, birth mother’s mother (grandmother) and grandfather one time in Shebedino
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2007
Age of child at adoption 0-12 months
Year child was adopted 2008
Number of siblings/cousins adopted with the child 0
Number of siblings/cousins adopted to other families 0
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed Wide Horizons for Children (USA)
Ethiopian representative of adoption agency Dr. Tesegay
Other adoption agency workers Mulat, Younis, Bizunesh, Mulu
Country to which the child was adopted USA
Receiving country Representative Wide Horizons for Children (WHFC)
Additional adoption agency information WHFC
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Bethzatha Children’s Home Association
Region of orphanage or care center Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region SNNPR
Zone of orphanage or care center Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region SNNPR – Sidama
City/Town of orphanage or care center UNKNOWN
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Horizon Houses 1 and 2
Orphanage or care center representative Dr. Tesegaye, Askale (nurse)
Other orphanage or care center workers Bizunesh, Mulu, Firehiwot, Mari, Yonas, Sinadu, Eskedre
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
Additional information about this orphanage or care center Horizon House near Sierra Leone Street in Cherko area of Addis Ababa
Information on Child Given for Adoption
Name of person who relinquished the child Elife
Relationship of person who relinquished the child birthmother
Region where child was relinquished Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region SNNPR
Zone where child was relinquished Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region SNNPR – Sidama
City/town where child was relinquished UNKNOWN
