I can now legally post my (ok our) son's picture.
Friday, November 13, 2009
WE PASSED!
We passed court in Ethiopia!
We are officially and LEGALLY proud parents of Benjamin Yared Ornstein.
Cant wait to be able to bring him back and share our lives with him.
Happy Friday the 13th!!!!!!!!!!
We are officially and LEGALLY proud parents of Benjamin Yared Ornstein.
Cant wait to be able to bring him back and share our lives with him.
Happy Friday the 13th!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
FYI- The Facts
Not my usual type of post; I am cutting and pasting from a Co-ET adoptive parent's blog; thank you Jen and Ethiopianrelief.org
Good stuff to know!
Why Ethiopia?
In Ethiopia, approximately 1 in 10 children die in infancy, and nearly double that number die by their 5th birthday, due to infections, tetanus and diarrhea. Ethiopia is considered the 3rd worst place in the world to be born, better only than Burkina Faso and Djibouti. Of the children who survive, many will lose their mother in childbirth and many more will lose one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.
As more and more parents die, the capacity of extended family members to take care of orphans shrinks. Ethiopia has reached the breaking point where orphaned children are now forced into the streets, into difficult working conditions and/or into heading their households.
In 2001, 13.2% of the population, 3.8 million children, was orphaned. In comparison, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda resulted in 500,000 orphans and the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia resulted in 10,000 orphans. In 2006, American parents adopted only 731 orphans. 3,799,269 orphans remain vulnerable.
(courtesy of www.ethiopianrelief.org)
Good stuff to know!
Why Ethiopia?
In Ethiopia, approximately 1 in 10 children die in infancy, and nearly double that number die by their 5th birthday, due to infections, tetanus and diarrhea. Ethiopia is considered the 3rd worst place in the world to be born, better only than Burkina Faso and Djibouti. Of the children who survive, many will lose their mother in childbirth and many more will lose one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.
As more and more parents die, the capacity of extended family members to take care of orphans shrinks. Ethiopia has reached the breaking point where orphaned children are now forced into the streets, into difficult working conditions and/or into heading their households.
In 2001, 13.2% of the population, 3.8 million children, was orphaned. In comparison, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda resulted in 500,000 orphans and the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia resulted in 10,000 orphans. In 2006, American parents adopted only 731 orphans. 3,799,269 orphans remain vulnerable.
(courtesy of www.ethiopianrelief.org)
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