Ethiopia Adoption Resources and Statistics
I am continuing my tour of African countries where intercountry adoption is possible. I started with Nigerian adoption (Western Africa) then moved to Zambian adoption (Southern Africa). Just to be confusing (grin) I went back to Western Africa and visited Ghanan adoption.
FosterMommy pitched in and asked, Can Your U.S. Family Adopt a Baby From Cameroon? (borders Nigeria)
Now I want to visit Ethopia. It is an amazing country. I had to read Wikipedia's Ethiopian history several times. It is one of the world's oldest countries and converted to Christianity in the 400s. There was a Muslim migration to the area in the 900s. And then there is this:
Human settlement in Ethiopia dates back to prehistoric times. Fossilized remains of the earliest ancestors to the human species, discovered in Ethiopia, have been assigned dates as long ago as 5.9 million years.
Tags: Ukraine Adoption Statistics
I adopted my darling Natasha from Ukraine in 2000. She was 3.5 years old. This is a picture of her at that time. You can see her crossed eyes in the picture. They were fixed with 45 minutes of eye surgery after she came home. This type of surgery just wasn't possible in Ukraine in 2000.
Natasha is now 11 years old and has collected other labels; ADHD, dyslexia, sensory integration disorder. She has a great IEP and is doing well in school. She just started 5th grade.
For some reason, the beginning of the school year got me to thinking about Ukrainian adoption. So I took a look at Ukrainian adoption statistics. All these numbers are provided by the U.S. Office of Immigration Statistics. I love statistics. I think they provide a nice framework for conversation.
International Adoption Trends Over 12 Years
As I mentioned in my prior blog, details on internationally adopted children have been released by the Office of Immigration Statistics. I like numbers because I think they add context.
I mean really.... When someone (adopion agency, stranger at the grocery store, email buddy) says most families adopted older children from Ukraine what does this actually mean? Well these numbers can help answer that question. But first I want to look at high-level trends.
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