Female child born in 1992 and left at the gate of the Abebech Gobena Yehsanat Kebkabena Limat Dirijit orphanage when about 5 months old. She was adopted in 1993 at age 1 to the Netherlands using Stichting Afrika (Netherlands).
Submitted by Adoptive Parent searching for child’s Ethiopian family
Child’s Information
Gender of Child female
Ethnicity of Child Amhara
Year of child’s birth 1992
Ethiopian birth Name of Child possible name Hannah
Name of child at the time of adoption Hannah
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 1992
Age of child at adoption 1
Year child was adopted 1993
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed Stichting Afrika (Netherlands)
Ethiopian representative of adoption agency Alemu
Country to which the child was adopted Netherlands
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Abebech Gobena Yehsanat Kebkabena Limat Dirijit
Orphanage or care center representative Abebech Go
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
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Abebech Gobena Yehsanat Kebkabena Limat Dirijit
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
Information for Abandoned Children
Region where child was found Addis Ababa Region
Zone where child was found Addis Ababa – Addis Ababa Region
City/town where child was found Addis Ababa
Additional information that could be useful in making a match Hannah was left by the gate of the orphanage at the age of 5 months. This must be in the summer of 1992. In march 1993 we went to Ethiopia and brought our daughter home.