
17/07/2025
Our family
Seeking Help Reuniting with a Lost Family Member
My grandmother gave her daughter to an institution called Jimma Children Help Institution in Jimma, Ethiopia, in 1984 E.C. (1991/1992 G.C.), when the baby was only 6 months old.
After that, the child was transferred to another institution in Addis Ababa, but we do not know the name of that second institution.
The baby’s name at the time was Betasaida (or possibly recorded as a similar name). We still have photos of her at 6 months old.
Many children who were sent through these institutions during that time were later adopted abroad, possibly to or the States or .
Now, after 34 years, my grandmother deeply wishes to find her daughter and reconnect.
If anyone has any information about adoptions from Jimma or Addis institutions around 1984 E.C., or knows someone named Betasaida born in that time, please contact us. We are ready to share photos and details privately. Thank you
Red Cross Society