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Letter from a family
Dear Patricia,
We are overwhelmed with joy!!! Thank you for all you are doing for us to help bring our little boy home to his Forever Family! The pictures and information and updates you send fill us with joy and hope for him. It’s fantastic to finally have a face to put with our prayers. We [...]
New Adoption Learning Partners Webinar
Adoption Learning Partners is offering a new webinar by Dr. Gregory Keck on November 2 — Is It An Adoption Thing?
Expert advice on child development and adoption Cost is $15. To find out more or sign up, click here.
“Life or Death” from World Magazine
Please take time to read the following article by Jamie Dean originally published in World Magazine. View article at World Magazine.
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GREENVILLE, S.C.—When an Ethiopian woman found an abandoned baby girl on the steps of a government building outside the capital city of Addis Ababa in 2008, she reported the discovery to local [...]
Quilts, Quilts, Quilts!!
CWA is so pleased to receive and pass on love in the form of quilts to many children of Ethiopia. There have been numerous families, friends and 3rd graders who have gotten involved to create some beautiful blankets for children living in Acacia Village, awaiting their forever families.
As the Leaf family shared their exciting adoption [...]
Breaking News: MoWCY Letters
In a meeting this morning between the Network of Adoption Agencies in Ethiopia and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, the Minister indicated that MoWCY will not be holding to the limit of 5 cases a day being reviewed. While she was not prepared to promise a certain number of cases per day, she did say [...]
A New Pair of Shoes…
Grace Tigist and Luke Meberatu Brown were adopted from Soddo, Ethiopia in January of 2009. They began attending a new school in January of this year. They heard about another local school that recently collected shoes for Ethiopia. A family from that school just adopted a baby from Ethiopia and they wanted to collect donated [...]
The Johnson Family!
We enjoyed a delightful visit from the Johnson family yesterday!
New Partnership with Reece’s Rainbow!
CWA is delighted to announce a new partnership with Reece’s Rainbow, an International Down Syndrome Orphan Ministry, to be a ‘Voice of Hope’ for children with Down syndrome and other special needs. With the help of adoption grants and advocacy Reece’s Rainbow has placed over 500 orphans with loving families, and CWA hopes to help [...]
Joint Council Statement on MoWCY’s recent decision
Below is the public statement issued by JCICS regarding the recently announced decision by the Ministry of Women, Children, and Youth (MoWCY) to reduce the number of adoption cases that will be reviewed each day in Ethiopia.
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Statement on the Pending Reduction of Intercountry Adoption in Ethiopia
Last week the Ethiopian Ministry of Women, Children and Youth [...]
Chicken Farming
With donations from the 2009 CWF Christmas Gift Catalog project, 20 widows have been chosen by CCC-Soddo and the local Kebele to start small businesses in chicken farming. Each widow received 10 chickens to begin their business. This is a “loan” until each woman can return one healthy chicken to help [...]
