Female born in 1981 and found abandoned at about 3 months old in Nov 1981 on a street near by the orphanage in Kebele 3 in Debre Zeit / Debre Zeyit / Bishoftu, Oromia. She was adopted to Sweden in 1985 through Bethlehem orphanage also in Debre Zeit / Debre Zeyit (Bishoftu). This adoptee’s relatives are: Grandfather Cheik Habib (preacher in Islamic culture I believe), Grandmother: Sofia Cherfadin, and Uncle or possible father, Meka Habib. She also has an aunt called Muna or Tigist. Muna’s pictures are attached. We do not know exactly where this child was born; we just know she was found in Debre Zeit.
Submitted by Adopted Person/Adoptee searching for Ethiopian family
Child’s Information
Gender of Child female
Ethnicity of Child UNKNOWN
Year of child’s birth 1981
Ethiopian birth Name of Child Unknown
Name of child at the time of adoption Sari
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 3 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 1982
Age of child at adoption 2
Year child was adopted 1985
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed UNKNOWN Adoption Agency
Additional adoption agency information Private adoption through the director of Bethlehem orphanage.
Ethiopian representative of adoption agency Airi Tomi (Finnish) / Ari Tuomi
Other adoption agency workers Helevi Happala (Finnish)
Country to which the child was adopted Sweden
Additional country information Norrköping
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Bethlehem orphanage
Orphanage or care center representative Airi Tomi / Tuomi (Finnish)
Region of orphanage or care center Oromia Region
Zone of orphanage or care center Misraq Shewa Zone
City/Town of orphanage or care center Debre Zeit / Debre Zeyit / Bishoftu
Additional information about this orphanage or care center Bethlehem orphanage in Kebele 1
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed UNKNOWN orphanage
Information for Abandoned Children
Name of person who found the child Eshetu Belayneh
Relationship or title of person who found the child None, Mayor
Region where child was found Oromia Region
Zone where child was found UNKNOWN zone
City/town where child was found Bishoftu / Debre Zeit / Debre Zeyit, We do not know exactly where this child was born; we just know she was found in Debre Zeit.
Additional information that could be useful in making a match The child was found in Debre Zeit / Debre Zeyit (Bishoftu) abandon by persons unknown when about 3 months old. She was found on a street near by the orphanage, Kebele 3 in Debre Zeit / Debre Zeyit / Bishoftu, Oromia on February 1982 by a man named Eshetu Belayneh. He states he was walking one early morning to work when he heard the sound of a child screaming. That´s when he saw a baby approximately 3 months old wrapped up in some fabric lying on the side of the road just by Bethlehem Orphanage boys’ home. He took the child to the director of Bethlehem orphanage, a woman named Airi Tomi, who is a Finnish women who lived in and worked at Bethlehem orphanage the girls’ home Kebele 1 (district). She put the child in care of a women called Hellevi Happala who is also Finnish and stayed and worked at the orphanage.
