Latest Developments Ethiopia

Latest Developments

CCI was granted its NGO license in June 2007, and therefore operates a direct program in Ethiopia as a licensed placing agency. We brought our first children home in April 2008, with a total of 29 children coming home by the end of the year.

As of July 31, 2009, 78 children have joined their forever families through CCI's Ethiopian program, including 49 in the year 2009. By the end of 2009, CCI expects the year total to grow to 80 or more children. Having started working with only one orphanage in the most distant region of Ethiopia, CCI now works with multiple orphanages to serve children throughout Ethiopia through adoption and humanitarian aid projects.

CCI is proud to say that many of the children placed from Ethiopia have been older or special needs children, in addition to the many infants who will never know the suffering of poverty or anguish of living without a permanent family. CCI thanks each and every family who has adopted or contributed to the care of these orphans.

For more information, please contact Sue Hedberg, (407) 977-2810, sue@celebratechildren.org. To assist with any of our humanitarian aid projects, please contact Carmen Lopez, sponsorship@celebratechildren.org.