I bought my house today! Here is where I will be bringing my little peanut home to. Very exciting step for me in this process.
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A passionate quest to bring my child home from Ethiopia.
About Me
facts about ethiopia
- • per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa
- • 80% of the population live below US $2 a day
- • drought struck the country from 2000-2002 (lost seeds, crops and animals)
- • 47% of ethiopian children under the age of 5 are under weight
- • 1 in 6 children in ethiopia die before their fifth birthday
- • 1.5 million people in Ethiopia 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
adoption timeline
- 7.07.09 received phone call with court date scheduled for 7.24.09
- 6.19.09 referral of healthy baby boy
- 9.24.08 officially on the waitlist
- 9.13.08 received I71H (official approval to adopt an orphan from U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services)
- 8.28.08 official approval to adopt through Gladney Center for Adoption
- 8.13.08 finalized homestudy sent to CIS
- 8.01.08 homestudy sent to Gladney for approval
- 7.29.08 FBI clearance recieved
- 7.22.08 2nd homestudy appointment
- 7.16.08 3rd set of fingerprints mailed for FBI clearance
- 6.30.08 engaged KBS to assist with dossier
- 6.27.08 2nd set of fingerprints for CIS
- 6.19.08 1st set of fingerprints mailed for criminal clearance
- 6.04.08 1st homestudy appointment
- 5.13.08 submitted official application to Gladney Center for Adoption
- 4.22.08 submitted petition for advance processing of orphan adoption to US CIS (form I600A)
- 3.20.08 received application from Gladney
- 3.18.08 Gladey received request for application
- 3.06.08 phone orientation with Gladney
- 2.28.08 sent in information sheet to Gladney and chose Gladney as my adoption agency
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