Ethiopia Adoption

• Ethiopia is one of CWA’s largest and most affordable adoption programs.
• Infants, toddlers, children from ages 3 months to young teens are all in great need of loving, forever families they can call their own.

Adoption Program
Christian World is very pleased to be among the first U.S. agencies authorized and accredited to work in Ethiopia. This is our largest program, and each year we place over 200 children from Ethiopia with loving, forever families. We look forward to helping connect some of the thousands of orphans with loving, permanent families. Poverty and disease have left a great multitude of children without parents. Some children may be available for immediate referral, or parents may receive a referral within 2-5 months of submitting their dossier. CWA works with numerous orphanages located throughout Ethiopia, so we can process adoptions within an average time frame of 9-12 months from application to child/ren home.

The Children
Despite untold severe hardships and widespread poverty, the Ethiopian children are beautiful, resilient and eager to be in a family. Infants, toddlers, sibling groups and older children who are available for adoption are examined and tested for HIV, hepatitis, and tuberculosis. Parents will receive all biographical and medical information on a referred child, which will include photographs. Applications are being accepted and families may request a boy, a girl, or a sibling group. We do allow the adoption of two unrelated children at the same time, one child can be age 0-24 months and the second unrelated child must be 25 months of age or older. CWA maintains a photo list of waiting children/sibling groups available for adoption; please email our Ethiopia staff to request photo list access.

Parent Eligibility
Married couples and single women may adopt, and one parent must be at least age 25. Couples must be married at least one year before applying to adopt. Some agencies might have restrictions on family size, ages of children in family, parent ages, adopting only within birth order, etc. However, these are not requirements or laws of Ethiopia and do not apply to families choosing to adopt from Ethiopia through CWA.

Travel
One or both parents may choose to travel. Travel to obtain custody is approximately five weeks after the court date. A CWA facilitator will accompany parents throughout their stay in Addis Ababa and assist them with lodging, transportation, all official meetings and document processing. Parents typically arrive in Ethiopia on Sunday and leave the following Friday. There are B&B’s, Guest Houses, or Hotels in which families can stay while in Addis Ababa.

Note: Due to the nature of international adoption, all information contained on this webpage is subject to change without notice.