We found our 2 precious children on a waiting child video. I never ever thought of adopting a children with HIV.
In March of 2008 we brought home our 4th adopted child from Ethiopia. She is a miracle story that still brings tears to us all.
A year ago, if someone had told me that today I'd be anxiously waiting to go pick up my HIV+ daughter, I would have seriously questioned their sanity. Yet here I am doing just that!.
My husband and I adopted on of the first HIV+ children from Ethiopia back in 2006. At that time there was no support and no help for families adopting HiV+ children internationally.
When adopting our daughter from Ethiopia, our I-601 waivers were lost by the Embassy after arriving in America. Project Hopeful stepped in and bridged the communication gap for us.
I first visited AHOPE, an orphanage for HIV+ children, in December of 2006 during a trip to adopt my son from a different orphanage. A few dozen children ran up to my mom, friends, and me, demanding pictures be taken and bubbles be blown.
Ermias is our second adoption from Ethiopia. We knew when we adopted our first son from Ethiopia that we would be back to adopt again.
When we went to pick up our daughter in Uganda, we found out during a routine medical exam that she was HIV positive.
Ermias is our second adoption from Ethiopia. We knew when we adopted our first son from Ethiopia that we would be back to adopt again.
We are so impressed with the work of Project Hopeful! When we were considering adopting a child who was HIV+ we knew that the logistics would be difficult because we would have to linger in Ethiopia for multiple weeks in order to obtain a waiver.