From Adoption Avenues website:
Thousands of children are living in institutions because their parents can no longer care for them. Many children are orphaned due to poverty, the residual effects of war, drought or famine, or their parents may have died of disease, including but not limited to AIDS related illnesses.
Children are well cared for in orphanages or hospitals, but are in great need of a loving family environment. Our representative and staff in Ethiopia monitor the health and care of the children. The children are beautiful! They tend to have a cheerful outlook despite their difficult lives. Most of the children are healthy by third world standards. Medical care is scarce so children with serious illnesses generally do not survive. All children are tested during the process for HIV, Hepatitis B, tuberculosis, and venereal disease. The children range in age from a few months to 10 years.
http://www.adoptionavenues.org/ethiopia.html
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