Posts Tagged ‘Ethiopian adopted’

How Ethiopia’s Adoption Industry Dupes Families and Bullies Activists

December 23 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized, United States, World Tags: , , , , , ,

Adoption Day
In 2008, a 38-year old Oklahoma nurse whom I’ll call Kelly adopted an eight-year old girl, “Mary,” from Ethiopia. It was the second adoption for Kelly, following one from Guatemala. She’d sought out a child from Ethiopia in the hopes of avoiding some of the ethical problems of adopting from... Read more

Couple in abuse death of Ethiopian teen Hanna make first appearance

October 8 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Crime, News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A Skagit County couple made their first court appearances on charges they abused their daughter to death at their home in Sedro-Woolley.Larry and Carri Williams’ 13-year-old daughter Hanna, adopted from Ethiopia, died of hypothermia in May. When police were called to the couple’s home in a ... Read more

Ethiopian adoptee girl starved dead in WA home

September 30 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Crime, Ethiopian, News, People, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The parents of 13-year-old Hanna Williams were taken into custody Thursday evening accused of starving their daughter and keeping her locked outside. Hanna Williams was found dead in her backyard on May 12, naked and wrapped in a sheet. She had been living with her adoptive parents since coming... Read more

Ethiopian community wants answers in 13 years old girl’s death

August 13 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Crime, Ethiopian, News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Several members of the Ethiopian community want answers in the shocking death of a 13-year-old Skagit County girl who died of Hypothermia in her adoptive parents back yard. “We just want the truth,” said Mulumebet Retta, President of the Ethiopian Community Mutual Association in Seattle. Hana Grace-Rose Williams was found dead on May 12. She has... Read more

13 years old Ethiopian girl found dead, No investigation for her death

August 3 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Ethiopian, News, People, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , ,

SEDRO WOOLLEY, Wash. – An investigation into possible neglect is under way after an adopted 13-year-old girl died at a home in Skagit County. Hana Grace Williams, who was adopted from Ethiopia in 2008, was found dead on May 12 in the yard of her home. The Skagit County Medical Examiner’s Office said she died of hypothermia. A... Read more

Ethiopian adoptions may be in peril by Andrea Poe

March 11 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , ,

by AndreaPoe: NEW YORK – Ethiopia is poised to overtake China as the number one country of origin for foreign adoptees in the United States. Matches between orphans and families have been on the increase in what’s widely been recognized a one of the most successful intercountry adoption programs in recent years. However, many adoption experts are... Read more

Ethiopia to Cut Foreign Adoptions by Up to 90 Percent

March 5 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , ,

(VOA): Ethiopia is cutting back by as much as 90 percent the number of inter-country adoptions it will allow, as part of an effort to clean up a system rife with fraud and corruption. Adoption agencies and children’s advocates are concerned the cutbacks will leave many Ethiopian orphans without the last-resort option of an adoptive... Read more

Ethiopia: U.S. Adoption Agency Involved in Ethiopian Child Trafficking

February 11 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Crime, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Featured, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , , ,

A Minnesota-based adoption agency had its license to work in Ethiopia revoked by the government there, according to a letter posted (Read The Revocation Letters at the bottom ) this week on the U.S. State Department’s website here. The letter, dated December 9, 2010, says the agency Better Futures Adoption Services (BFAS), “has been involved in child... Read more

Adoptions from Ethiopia rise, bucking global trend

October 14 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, United States Tags: , ,

The African country is sending record numbers of children to the U.S. NEW YORK — As the overall number of international adoptions by Americans plummets, one country — Ethiopia — is emphatically bucking the trend, sending record numbers of children to the U.S. while winning praise for improving orphans’ prospects at home. It’s a remarkable, little-publicized trend,... Read more

Ethiopian teen places 2nd in national speech contest three years after learning English (VIDEO)

August 1 | Posted by ocean | News, Uncategorized, United States, Video, World Tags: , , ,

A Beaufort-area teenager is earning a laundry list of achievements and deserves a real good pat-on-the-back.  She recently claimed second place in a national Christian speech contest. But there’s something much more wowing about the story: three years ago she couldn’t even speak a word of English.  It’s a stride the 14-year-old credits... Read more