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American couple detained in Ghana for adoption

June 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

An Irvine couple, who used their popular blog to chronicle their journey to adopt four children from Ghana, was detained by Ghanaian authorities and forced to spend a night in detention as they tried to take the children back to … read more »

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Cadel Evans’s family thrilled at arrival of an Ethiopian son

December 30, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

CADEL Evans and his wife, Chiara Passerini, will make wonderful parents, his grandmother says. Gwen Cocks, 85, said she was “bursting her buttons” to meet her 10th great-grandchild after it was revealed the couple were adopting a year-old Ethiopian boy. … read more »

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How Ethiopia’s Adoption Industry Dupes Families and Bullies Activists

December 30, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

As the “searchers” who track down adopted children’s histories increasingly uncover stories of fraud, corruption, and worse, these specialists are facing threats and even violence In 2008, a 38-year old Oklahoma nurse whom I’ll call Kelly adopted an eight-year old … read more »

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China Steps Up Anti-Child Trafficking Efforts

August 16, 2011 by benim

The Chinese government is drafting tighter rules on adopting children to combat the country’s widespread child trafficking problem. The China Daily newspaper says only orphanages will be able to offer abandoned infants and children for adoption. Adults who adopt children … read more »

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Adopted Ethiopian died of hypothermia in backyard

August 2, 2011 by benim

The Skagit County coroner has ruled than an adopted 13-year-old girl died of hypothermia in her own backyard. It happened in May, but police and Child Protective Services are still investigating, and now, so are the KOMO Problem Solvers. According … read more »

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Organization Pushing for Local Adoptions in Ethiopia

July 20, 2011 by benim

It has repeatedly been said that one of the greatest problems that Ethiopia is facing as a nation is the Orphan Crisis. According to one statistics, of the estimated 143 million orphans worldwide 5.5 million live in Ethiopia. KIDMIA foundation … read more »

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Ethiopian adoptions may be in peril

March 11, 2011 by benim

Ethiopia is poised to overtake China as the number one country of origin for foreign adoptees in the United States. Matches between orphans and families have been on the increase in what’s widely been recognized a one of the most … read more »

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Ethiopian Government Slashes Foreign Adoptions

March 11, 2011 by benim

Yesterday the Ethiopian government announced that it is dramatically reducing the number of foreign adoptions it approves each year, ostensibly to improve supervision and ferret out corruption. This is bad news both for waiting parents and for thousands of children … read more »

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Separated by adoption, Ethiopian siblings reunited in Canada

March 6, 2011 by benim

Three siblings from Ethiopia have been reunited in Canada thanks to the efforts of their adoptive parents and an outpouring of support from a Saskatchewan town. Four years ago Ryan Killoh and Treena Constantinoff of Warman, Sask., adopted a brother … read more »

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Ethiopia: U.S. Adoption Agency Involved in Child Trafficking

February 11, 2011 by benim

A Minnesota-based adoption agency had its license to work in Ethiopia revoked by the government there, according to a letter posted this week on the U.S. State Department’s website here. The letter, dated December 8, 2010, says the agency Better … read more »

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Adoptions from Ethiopia by Americans up by more than 200%

February 1, 2011 by benim

While the number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell by 13 percent last year, reaching the lowest level since 1995, the number of adoptions from Ethiopia has jumped by more than 200% last year. According to a report released … read more »

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Eltopia couple adopts 5 children from Ethiopia

January 2, 2011 by benim

ELTOPTIA — An old upright piano stands in a living room overlooking the small farm town of Eltopia. The entire top of the piano is filled with photos. Every smiling face — brown or white — is one of Julie … read more »

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Wait over for Ethiopian adoptee

October 27, 2010 by benim

After months of waiting, a New Westminster woman can finally fly to Africa and bring home her adopted daughter. Cynthia Smith became the legal parent of six-year-old Ethiopian girl Yordanos in February. All she had to do then was wait … read more »

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Ethiopian Adoption – What’s New?

October 22, 2010 by benim

Adoption – What’s New? Ethiopian adoption could be turning a corner. The talk now is to “avoid overseas adoption” and in as much as possible to care “for orphans near their birthplace”. This is not a novel idea as it … read more »

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