Be the Change...: One Step Closer

Monday, February 28, 2011

One Step Closer

I woke up this morning to see this email in my inbox from our case worker who happens to be in Ethiopia right now working on the orphanage that CWA (our agency) just opened to house orphans waiting to be adopted (possibly our child is there right now!!!).....

"Good news... we just got notification that your dossier is at our CWAE office in Addis Ababa. One step closer!"

Today is going to be a great day!

We get the same question a whole lot of, "Why is it so expensive to adopt?" While, every country, including the US, is different in how much it cost to adopt, part of our decision to adopt from Ethiopia and through CWA (Christian World Agency) was because of where the cost goes. We are not only paying for the cost of legal fees, translation fees, travel fees, etc. towards the adoption of our child, but the rest of the costs goes towards the other orphans. It helps feed them, educate them, gives them medical care, a place to sleep, it helps pay the wages of the wonderful nannies (who the kids call "mommy") who care for them, etc. The gift of adoption doesn't reach just one child, but in our case, A LOT of other orphans hoping to one day become part of a family they hope and long to belong in. Here's more information about the Acacia Village. http://www.acaciavillage.org/village.htm

"For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even to the end." Psalm 48:14

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Why Adopt From Ethiopia?

-One in six children die before their fifth birthday.
-44% of the population of Ethiopia is under 15 years old.
-60% of children in Ethiopia are stunted because of malnutrition.
-The median age in Ethiopia is 17.8 years.
-1.5 million people are infected with AIDS (6th highest in the world).
-720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone, and there are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia.
-Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa.
-In the 90's the population (3%) grew faster than food production (2.2%). Drought struck the country from 2000-2002 (1st year no crops, 2nd year no seeds, 3rd year no animals)
-Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school. 88% will never attend secondary school.
-Coffee prices (Ethiopia's only major export) fell 40-60% from 1998-2002.
-Ethiopia's doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000.
-In 1993, after 30 long years of war, Eritrea broke from Ethiopia and became an independent nation leaving Ethiopia landlocked without any major seafaring ports.