Female born in 1998. Found in Tigray Region. Adopted to Finland in 1999 through Missionaries of Charity and Interpedia. She spent part of the time in a foster home in Arat Kilo in Addis.
Submitted by Adopted Person/Adoptee searching for Ethiopian Family
Child’s Information
Gender of Child female
Ethnicity of Child Tigraway
Year of child’s birth 1998
Ethiopian birth Name of Child Menbere (Membi, Membara)
Name of child at the time of adoption Menbere
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 1998
Age of child at adoption 0-12 months
Year child was adopted 1999
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 Interpedia (Finland)
Ethiopian representative of adoption agency Bekelech Muluneh
Country to which the child was adopted Finland
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Missionaries of Charity
Orphanage or care center representative SM. Crispin MC
Region of orphanage or care center Tigray Region
Zone of orphanage or care center Mehakelegnaw Zone
City/Town of orphanage or care center Adwa
Additional information about this orphanage or care center She was there about a month.
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Missionaries of Charity
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 I came there from orphanage in Adwa when I was about one month old. I was there about couple of months.
Information for Abandoned Children
3 months
Region where child was found Tigray Region
Zone where child was found UNKNOWN zone
City/town where child was found UNKNOWN city or town
Additional information that could be useful in making a match With the other adoption papers there were this letter, written by the Sm. Crispin from the Missionaries of the charity. Here it goes:
” Dear friends, this is to certify that the child membara, 2 months old is an orphan child abandoned by her own Mother on the street. Police took her to the Hospital of St. Mary from where child was send to our home in Adwa…”
I moved from orphanage in Addis Ababa to foster home, which was also in Addis Ababa (in Arat Kilo). The “boss” of the foster home was called Tewabech (Mama). There were also this nanny, whose name was Furut. In foster home I was from three months old to nine months old, and after that I was straight adopted to Finland.
In Ethiopia there were two people who handled and were involved a lot in my business, paperstuff and everything, Bekelech Muluneh and her husband Deribe Nesibu. If somebodies would know anything that I don’t I think those two would be the ones.
