theblairfamily: most immediate need

Although bringing our daughter home is pressing, the situation in Haiti is of most immediate need. Please help as you can - click to the right.

Adoption Timeline

Application to Agency A (November 2009)

Provisional Approval by Agency A

Homestudy

Application to New Agency :) (November 2010)

Complete Dossier (we are DONE!!!)

Dossier authentication process by agency

Submit Dossier to Ministry of Women's Affairs in Ethiopia

Child Referral (6-12 months after Dossier is accepted) *we were 25 months waiting here ***** REFERRAL GIVEN 12/19/12*****

2-3 month Waiting Period for Ethiopian government to process adoption

Go visit our girl and attend court! (April 5th, 2013)

5-6 weeks later - Pick up our Girl!

SHE IS HOME!!

Ethiopia....

There are approximately 5 million orphans... Between 60-150 million kids live on the streets... One in six children die before their fifth birthday... One in ten children die before their first birthday.... Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school; 88% will never attend secondary school... 82% of the population survives on less than 1 dollar a day... Only 24% of households have access to safe drinking water... Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000... 1 in 3 people are HIV+... the average life expectancy is 37.

theblairfamily

Thursday, January 14, 2010

most immediate need

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