Female age 3 adopted with her sister to the USA using Children’s Home Society and Family Services in 2009. This child is from Modula in the Hadiya Zone of SNNPR. She has a twin brother who remained with their Ethiopian parents. Her Ethiopian name is Almaz Galebo. She spent time in Mussie Children’s Home Association and CHSFS Care Center, also called Hope for the Needy. Her Ethiopian mother’s name is Adanech.
Submitted by Adoptive parent searching for child’s Ethiopian family
Child’s Information
Gender of Child female
Ethnicity of Child UNKNOWN
Additional information about child’s ethnicity From Mudula
Year of child’s birth 2007
Ethiopian birth Name of Child – include nicknames Almaz Galebo
Name of child at the time of adoption Almaz Galebo
Ethiopian family members’ names Adanech – mom, Mesfin G twin – brother, Tadelech – grandmother
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 2
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2009
Age of child at adoption 3
Year child was adopted 2009
Number of siblings/cousins adopted with the child 1 sister
Number of siblings/cousins adopted to other families 0
Additional information about siblings Twin brother remained with family but younger sister was a adopted by us at the same time
Additional information about the child Large scar or birthmark on right upper outside thigh
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed Children’s Home Society and Family Services (USA)
Country to which the child was adopted USA
Additional country information United States
Receiving country representative United States
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Mussie Children’s Home Association
Region of orphanage or care center UNKNOWN
Zone of orphanage or care center Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region – Hadiya
City/Town of orphanage or care center Hosana
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Help for the Needy Development Association
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 Don’t know if this is actually what the CHSFS Addis orphanage was called in 2009, I got conflicting information. Also called Care Center.
Information for Relinquished Children
Name of person who relinquished child Adanech
Relationship of person who relinquished child mother
Region where child was relinquished Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region SNNPR
Zone where child was relinquished Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region – Hadiya
City/town where child was relinquished from Modula, placed for adoption in Hosana, Hosanna, Hosaena, Hossana