Call to action

Yesterday, I was hopeful for our monthly update on our wait list numbers and instead we got a very different update. Please read through the blog. This is heavy on our hearts. Please also sign the petition that's mentioned.

The Ethiopian Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA) has announced a proposal to decrease the number of adoptions they will process and approve — by as much as 90%. They are planning to accomplish this decrease by limiting the number of approved cases to only 5 per working day. This change is currently set to begin on March 10, 2011.

The announcement of the proposal was very recent and no one knows exactly how these proposed changes will be implemented nor the full impact on Ethiopian adoption. We also do not know the impacts it will bring for us as a family.

To attempt to counteract this proposal, the Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS) has put a “Call to Action” in place. JCICS is an advocacy organization for families and agencies in the field of international adoption. Over the last few years JCICS have been very involved in Ethiopia and the result of this involvement has been very positive.

Please sign the petition and forward the information along to people. Many people care about Ethiopian adoption but are not informed of the situation.

Sign the petition to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi – and pass it on!