EAFS has started a cooperative project with Miskaye's Children's Welfare to sponsor a child's education.  These children are not adoptable but still need an education.  For only $32 a month, you can help a child better him/herself. 

One of the co-founders is over in Ethiopia visiting Miskaye.  However, while she was there she had a courtdate and passed!!!!  This is wonderful.  Please visit our you tube to see pictures from one of the families that donated items to Miskaye and also played with the children. http://www.youtube.com/ethioamericanfamily

Last month, the Jigsaw Theatre Project in WV held a Talent Show to raise money for our in country orphan relief projects. Over thrity children ranging in age from 8-18 used their musical and dance talents to help Ethiopian children.  The money raised from this event will go toward our Miskaye Children's Home project.

You can be a Community Mobilizer too. It doesn't take much-use your talents, whatever they may be. Put on a show, have a bake sale, a yard sale... Even a seemingly small amount of money goes so far in imporving the lives of these beautiful children.

 

 

After a long process, EAFS has now officially recieved our 501 c(3) status.  This means that the government recognizes our work as charitable and that most donations made are tax deductible. This status is retroactive to our inception, so if you made a donation to us in 2008 and would like to write it off for your tax purposes, you can!

 

EAFS which is apart of the adoption community is so excited to partner up with AbshiroKids which are apart of the Ethiopian Community and Heritage and Culture Camp Organization.  What a awesome combination!!  Ethiopian Heritage has brought us together.  This event is going to be wonderful not only will there be features to discuss Ethiopian Heritage but also time of information for Ethiopian adoptive families both pre and post adoptive families.  Things that will be featured will be trancultual class, hair class for those transracial families that are want to learn how to how to manage their child's hair and skin, and much much more......Come learn more at Heritage and Culture Camp 2009 

 

Well as I did my normal informational search today, I found something very interesting for the adoptive Ethiopian community.  Here is a link on the CDC site in reference to the many reported cases of Hepatitis A of adopted Ethiopian children and the families that have adopted them.  It is something that you can be vaccinated for here in the U.S.  Please read this article written by the CDC. I hope you find this educational information.

We are so excited to have this feature to talk about different issues that come up in News about Ethiopia, issues in Ethiopia, Ethiopian adoption and the process that is highly talked about.  One the marvelous things to talk about and post are about families meeting for the first time!!!