news article #1

Summary:
According to UNICEF in Ethiopia, there are approximately 5.4 million orphans, and more than a million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.
Of those millions of children without families, only a small number of Ethiopian orphans are adopted by foreigners every year. Most kids with any sort of problem will not be adopted.
For 30 years, Ethiopia has been an adoption center for foreigners and prior to 2005, between 500 and 700 orphans were adopted by outsiders. Now the numbers have almost tripled thanks to Angelina Jolie

The Ethiopian government wants to stop international adoptions. They think they should be raised in the Ethiopian culture. Other involved think international adoptions are a good solution.

My reaction:
I didn’t realize there so many orphans in Ethiopia. I understand why the Ethiopian government wants to stop international adoptions, but, in the long run, finding homes for these kids seems like a priority. There is a lot of poverty there and I guess there is not a lot Ethiopians can do for these kids. Many there are other ways kids adopted by foreigners and learn about their culture.