If you take a step back and follow the trend of almost any country's international adoptions you'll likely see them quickly speed up and then quickly, sometimes drastically, slow down.
This week, the Ethiopian Ministry Of Women's Affairs (MOWA) proposed changes in the number of adoptions to be processed from 50 per day to 5. "Given MOWCYA's curent caseload, the US Embassy anticipates that this change could result in an overall decline in case processing of some 90%." adoption.state.gov
I just read that in sub-Saharan Africa (which constitutes most of Africa) 1 out of every 8 children is an orphan.
"Of the 143 million orphans worldwide, more live in Ethiopia than in any other country in the world."
1 comments:
I know, it is so sad
I am reminded of a friend who told me that there would always be orphans so they were in no rush to adopt, even though she feels called to adopt two older boys. My thoughts are, while this is an awful but true statement, we have a window of opportunity and if you know you are supposed to adopt it is good to take some first steps and now.
so glad your boys our home!
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