| Adoptive parents have the option of traveling to Ethiopia to receive their child or having their child escorted to the nearest major U.S. airport. For parents who travel, we provide travel notes and tips as well as assist in coordinating your stay in Ethiopia.
Please read our Escort and Travel Guidelines
Parents who travel will visit our foster care center in Addis Ababa to receive their child. Parents have the option of gradually transitioning into being placed with their child through frequent visits to our foster care center throughout the week-long stay. For those receiving infants, adoptive families may be placed immediately with their child, whereas adoptive parents receiving a toddler may wish to visit our foster care center for a few days to establish a level of comfort prior to placement. Traveling to Ethiopia and visiting our foster care center allows families to develop the child-parent bond all the more quickly; it also provides a deeper understanding of a child's background. For these reasons, we strongly encourage families to travel to Ethiopia.
Those who travel will be met by our staff at the airport in Addis Ababa. Families will be well taken care of during their stay as our staff will see to making accommodation, transportation and translation arrangements during the adoption trip. Other arrangements such as seeing some sites in Ethiopia's capital city can also be arranged through our representatives in country.
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