ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Four-month-old Thomas Bekele lies in a crib in the Kidane Meheret Children's Home awaiting an HIV test, the result of which will determine his chances of being adopted and ...

Landrieu, one of the leading adoption advocates in Congress, said Ethiopia deserves praise - compared with many developing countries - for recognizing that its orphans would be better off in a family ...

ST. PAUL — Ethiopia was not on Mark and Vera Westrum-Ostrom’s list when they first visited Children’s Home Society & Family Services here to explore an international adoption. Ukraine was first, ...

new york - As the number of international adoptions by Americans plummets, Ethiopia is emphatically bucking the trend, sending record numbers of children to the United States while winning praise for ...

CHRISTIANSBURG — On a warm July afternoon Sophia Blaszak rolled down the hill in her backyard alongside two of her sisters. A mundane moment for many, the joyful tumbling marked a milestone the ...

Connie Britton is opening up about her adoption journey. In an interview on the Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard podcast, the White Lotus star, 55, spoke about why she chose to adopt her son Eyob, 11, ...

HILTONS -- At Robin Gardner's house, four Ethiopian children play along a creek that runs through the rhododendrons, which are shaded by hemlocks and hardwoods. The four and their five American ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Last week, it was two little boys, each found abandoned in a dusty side street. Police turned the babies over to Ethiopia's child welfare bureau, which in turn called ...

Dona Kabeary and the Rev. Ron Todd make regular trips to Ambo, Ethiopia. It’s a long trip — 9,000 miles — which requires multiple flights, starting in Billings at noon on a Saturday and ending in ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. -- An Antioch teenager's Sweet 16 birthday won't be a celebration of excess or even focus on her. Instead, it will be used to help orphans half way across the planet. Nubia Wilson ...

The crop, called enset, could potentially provide greater food security for millions. In the longer term, with the right regulatory and investment support, it may be a new healthy and sustainable ...