Transition Home

This is a picture of the transition home that CHI has obtained in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The children chosen for adoption will be taken out of the orphanages and brought to this tansition home until we travel to pick them up. In some cases, we may actually be able to stay here with them instead of being at a hotel.

Here are some of the stats that accompanied the photo:
1. 22 rooms + 7 bathrooms
2. The kitchen is the green building
3. Located in the center of the city, very close to the MOWA(Ministry of Women's Affairs) and the High Courts that finalize adoptions.
4. There are rooms large enough where some adoptive families would be able to stay (in lieu of a hotel) if they'd like to.
5. Each 2 rooms are connected. One big room connects to a smaller room; so the caretakers can stay in the smaller room while the infants and the other children can stay in the larger connecting rooms.
6. The number of children for each room will range from 4 to 8 (depending on the size of the room)
7. There is telephone hook up, running water, and electricity.
8. The home will consist of our office space, laundry room, classroom, a room for children to stay who might get sick (to try to keep all of the other children from becoming ill), lounge area, play area, sleeping quarter for the caretakers, etc. etc.
9. The home is freshly painted.
10. Once the home is ready for the children, they will be brought to the transition home from their different situations,(orphanage or community) and stay under our care until the adoptive parents travelto pick them up.

Sounds like a good plan over all. This will cut down on the chance of the children catching stuff being brought in by new children to the orphanages. It will also help that this home is run by my adoption agency--that means more info will be available about their health, daily routine, development, etc.