Female left at Lideta KK Police Station in Addis Ababa at 2 yrs old in 2005. She was adopted to Australia in 2008 through International Family Law Branch (Australia), Attorney-General’s Department and Atetegeb Worku Memorial Orphans Support Association.
Submitted by Adoptive parent searching for child’s Ethiopian family
Child’s Information
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Gender of Child female
Ethnicity of Child UNKNOWN
Year of child’s birth 2003
Name of child at the time of adoption Asnak’sh / Asnakesh
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 2
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2005
Age of child at adoption 5
Year child was adopted 2008
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed International Family Law Branch (Australia), Attorney-General’s Department
Additional adoption agency information Koala House
Ethiopian representative of adoption agency Lakew & Misrak
Country to which the child was adopted Australia
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Atetegeb Worku Memorial Orphans Support Association
Orphanage or care center representative Haregwoin Teferra’s daughter
Other orphanage or care center workers Tigist
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 We visited the orphanage and meet Asnak’sh’s nannie Tigist who confirmed she was there
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Koala Center
Orphanage or care center representative Lakew & Misrak
City/Town of orphanage or care center Addis Ababa
Information for Relinquished Children
City/town where child was relinquished Addis Ababa
Police Officer involved with the case Kume L. from Lideta KK Police Station
Additional relinquishment information Asnak’sh was left at the police Station
Information for Abandoned Children
Name of person who found the child Kume L.
Relationship or title of person who found the child Police Woman
City/town where child was found Addis Ababa
Police Officer involved with the case Kume L.
Additional information that could be useful in making a match We went back to Ethiopia in 2014 and meet Kume L. and she said that she named Asnak’sh and that she was left at the police station at about age 2.
