Bringing Our Boy Home...: September 2011

Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Dossier

We sent our dossier today (to our agency rep)!!!!!!! Lots of hours of hard work are in that envelope:) It's exciting to send it off...one step closer to meeting our baby boy!!!

Why International Adoption?

There are an estimated 147 million orphans worldwide.
Over 5,700 children become orphans every day. every day.
101 million children are not attending primary school. The majority being girls.
1 billion children are deprived of one or more services essential to survival.
Ever 14 seconds, a child becomes an orphan.
One in ten children die before their 1st birthday.
One in six children die before their 5th birthday.
Ethiopia's doctor to child ration is 1 to 24,000.
Half of the children in Ethiopia will never attend school.
88% in Ethiopia will never attend secondary school.
44% of the Ethiopian population is under 15 years old.
The median age in Ethiopia is 17.8 years.
Per capita, Ethiopia is 17.8 years.
Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Dossier

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