Over the past two weeks Ethiopia has made many drastic changes to the way they conduct adoptions. The Ethiopian Government has decided to reduce the number of adoption cases approved by over 90%.
The proposed legislation is to try to protect Ethiopian families from those who would seek to act illegally and immorally to create a culture of child trafficking.
We're all for that. The problem, however, is that this legislation will literally spill children from orphanages to the streets at epic proportions. There are currently 5,000,000 orphans in Ethiopia. In 2010, nearly 2,500 were adopted. As you can see the number wasn't nearly high enough to make a dent in the crisis. Now, the government proposes reducing the number of adoptions even more.
The economic strain on the country will be unbearable but the real losers are the kids. Disease will kill more. Unsafe water will kill more. Starvation will kill more. The bottom line is that more children will die at unprecedented numbers if the government does not reverse their decision.
Join us in signing an international petition by the Joint Council for International Adoption to be sent directly to the Ethiopian Prime Minister. It takes less than two minutes to complete. Click here to sign the petition and save lives.
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