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A little Ethiopain girl part of international adoption from Ethiopia

Thousands of children in Ethiopia need the love and belonging of an adoptive family. Perhaps your son or daughter is there this very moment.

Holt needs adoptive families for…

Gender--boys and girls. (First-time parents must be open to either gender)
Ages--infants through school age
Health—most children are healthy and within normal ranges for development. Some children with medical conditions or special needs are available through Holt’s Waiting Child Program.
Priorities--We need families for children over the age of 2 years, especially boys.

While poverty is a widespread problem in Ethiopia, Holt never considers poverty alone to justify international adoption. Children needing adoptive families may have lost one or both parents. Some have been abandoned, and others become homeless due to social/cultural conditions that present extreme hardship.

Most of Holt’s adoptable children come from an area south of Addis Ababa. We work closely with our Ethiopian partner agency who receives children into care, performs initial evaluations and provides immediate medical treatment and nurturing. At the same time the child’s birth family is accessed and counseling is provided about the decision to relinquish their child for international adoption. Where appropriate, assistance is offered to enable the birth family to remain together. Shelter, counseling, pre- and post-natal medical treatment is provided for some birth mothers.

When the decision is made that international adoption is in the best interest of a child, the child is admitted to one of our partner's child care centers. These centers provide an attentive environment where children are lovingly encouraged to thrive and develop. Each child is tested for HIV and other illnesses prior to referring them to a prospective family. The children receive excellent care from a caring staff. which includes a pediatrician, a professionally trained childcare supervisor and around-the-clock caregivers.

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