Ethiopia Adoption Industry Links

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Ethiopia Adoption Industry Analysis http://reformtalk.blogspot.com/

Background:

Background Against Child Trafficking (ACT) Fruits of Ethiopia 2009 Report http://www.againstchildtrafficking.org/wp-content/uploads/Second-Interim-Report-FINAL-redacted-for-distribution+annexures.pdf REFORM Talk’s Previous Coverage of Background and First Part of Report http://reformtalk.blogspot.com/2011/03/ethiopia-looking-at-past-to-understand.html http://reformtalk.blogspot.com/2011/03/fruits-of-ethiopia-report.html

Partial list of agencies and orphanages they work with:

Partial list of agencies and orphanages they work with Gladney Kebebe Tsehay Orphanage , Ketchene Orphanage , Kolfe Youth Center AAI (Washington) Sele Enat , Kebebe Tsehay Orphanage CWA Gelgela (also see Australian expose) Bethany Gelgela AWAA Gelgela IAN Sele Enat CHSFS Bethzatha BFAS Bethzatha AGCI Bethzatha WACAP Bethzatha Holt Bethzatha Children’s Hope Bethzatha , Fenot Lewogen , Enat Alem AAI (Michigan) Enat Alem

Connection 1: Case 10 & 14 Gelgela:

Connection 1: Case 10 & 14 Gelgela Case 10 Gelgela 2008 the birthmother's cousin "worked at that time for Gelgela and now works for Bethezata ... She told us that Bethezatha employs for a monthly salary (around 400 Birr) people in the villages to find children for adoption." Case 14 Gelgela 2007 “minibus from Addis and collect children to bring them to Addis with nannies.” Connections: between employees at Gelgela and Bethzatha . There is harvesting at Bethezata . CHSFS, BFAS, AGCI, WACAP, Children’s Hope and Holt affiliation with Bethzatha . CWA, Bethany and AWAA affiliation with Gelgela .

Connection 2: Case 13 Fenot Lewogen:

Connection 2: Case 13 Fenot Lewogen Case 13 Fenot Lewogen 2007, the birth father says he got "one time a picture of the child from Gelgela " so Fenot Lewogen children were transferred from Gelgela . Connections: This orphanage transferred kids to Gelgela . CWA, Bethany and AWAA affiliation with Gelgela . Why is this important? The sharing of these kids among orphanages means many orphanages and their workers need closer scrutiny.

Connection 3: Case 18: Sele Enat:

Connection 3: Case 18: Sele Enat Case 18 Sele Enat 2004 Harvesting is indicated. " Wereldkinderen’s Ethiopian Representative requested at that time eight children from the Village for Wereldkinderen and they had gathered six children and asked her to give her child for adoption too. Within three days she had to decide .” Connections: IAN and AAI (WA) affiliation with Sele Enat .

Connection 4: Case 5 Sele Enat:

Connection 4: Case 5 Sele Enat Case 5 Sele Enat 2005- One paper being re-used for 8 children to declare them orphans indicates children are being laundered as “orphans” at the orphanage level . “OSSA who was writing the single paper for Seleentorphanage saying orphaned children who needs help for many children at one paper without background information” Connections: IAN and AAI (WA) affiliation with Sele Enat .

Connection 5: High Abandonment:

Connection 5: High Abandonment Fruits Page 116 is a ruling from 2001 about 5 orphanages with high abandonment rates. “This is a special bench which sees cases relating to adoption. Most of these children are given for adoption by the government and private orphanages.” Enat Alem Children Aid & Betezatha Orphanage are 2 of them. Connections: It is important to note that a high abandonment rate was a major contributing factor for the questions asked in mid-2010. This means that agency and orphanage self-policing have not cleaned up procedures since 2001 . AAI (Michigan) affiliation with Enat Alem . CHSFS, BFAS, AGCI, WACAP, Children’s Hope and Holt affiliation with Bethzatha .

Important Conclusions:

Important Conclusions Harvesting was detected at multiple orphanages supplying “orphans” for US adoption agencies. Well-known, highly praised, long-in-Ethiopia, JCICS-affiliated agencies place from these orphanages. Manufactured abandonments were found at the orphanage level by re-using a document template. Serious questions about whether families of the children in the adoption pipeline are being offered family preservation programs or assistance. Many questions need to be asked to determine how ethical operations can take place from any of these orphanages at this time.