THANK YOU to everyone who signed the petition, spread the word, and prayed. It helped!
Although officially unconfirmed, the Ethiopian Ministry of Women's, Children's and Youth Affairs is continuing to work at capacity to process adoption applications. The new policy will not be implemented in the dramatic way that was first proposed (if at all).
The Joint Council on International Children's Services, the U.S. Department of State, adoption and child welfare agencies, and other Non-Government Organizations are working with MOWA to strengthen the process of preserving families and caring for children while continuing to offer timely, ethical, and transparent adoptions in cases where that is the best available option.
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Hi- I began following your blog when someone guided me to it regarding your post on the recent developments in ET. My husband and I, along with my two children are in the process of adopting a child and have been praying day and night for positive news regarding the recent changes...I was wondering, although unconfirmed, where did you get this information?? Thank you for starting my weekend on such a positive note....
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Natalie
This information came from our agency's staff in Ethiopia, and was confirmed by ET staff of other agencies as well during a JCICS inter-agency caucus. The director of MOWA and several other MOWA staff were terminated last week, and the current MOWA leadership and staff are focused on working hard and doing their jobs well, not hitting some too-high or too-low artificial target number. We will know for certain what this means as we watch file processing times over the next few weeks and months, but in the meantime I think it is VERY good news. Relax and have a joyful weekend with your beautiful family! :)
ReplyDeleteAnother agency blogged that MOWA issued 25 approval letters on Thursday: http://adoptian.blogspot.com/. The average number of letters issued per-day prior to the policy change was 25, assuming 200 days/year processing (25 x 200 = 5,000).
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