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Project October 29, 2018

What's Next? How Ethiopia Is Adjusting to Its New Ban on Foreign Adoption

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Four boys pose for a photo at Kidana Mehert Children’s Home in Addis Ababa. These boys were playing soccer together with a small ball they found. They live in the home and will continue to live there until they are 18. After they finish school they will decide to work or go to college. This children’s home allows local adoption so anyone of the kids who currently living there can be adopted. Image by Abigail Bekele. Ethiopia, 2018.
Four boys pose for a photo at Kidana Mehert Children’s Home in Addis Ababa. These boys were playing soccer together with a small ball they found. They live in the home and will continue to live there until they are 18. After they finish school they will decide to work or go to college. This children’s home allows local adoption so anyone of the kids who currently living there can be adopted. Image by Abigail Bekele. Ethiopia, 2018.

In January 2018, Ethiopia set a ban on all foreign adoption. This new law has affected the 4.6 million children who are living as orphans in the country. Though foreign adoption is banned, Ethiopian citizens are allowed to adopt from orphanages that are still in opeartion. Children are also raised in children's homes where they are sent to school and given opportunities they would not get if they were living on the streets.

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