Children Have Become Ethiopia s Latest Export
Fly Away Children (2009): A lack of regulation and a $100 million annual revenue has resulted in a completely corrupt adoption industry in Ethiopia. For similar stories, see: Exposing India s Illegal Baby Trade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pfFG91aGX8 An Australian Adoptee Uncovers Her Roots In Vietnam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MMlMQZPy0 Why Are People Starving In Booming Ethiopia? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-1nqsSWbvc Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/film/4654 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Angelina Jolie may have fuelled a boom in families wanting an Ethiopian child. Yet thanks to opportunistic adoption agents and zero regulations, most African adoptions don t have a Hollywood ending. "This is Tegene, he s a little abandoned child," says the presenter on Christian World Adoptions DVD catalogue of orphans. On the other side of the world, Lisa Boe fell in love. She adopted Tegene, but one day he identified his real mom in a photograph. "I would have never brought home a child that had a mom, never," she cries. Harvesting, an illegal process in which children are actively sought from their parents, is commonplace. "The parents don t understand that the children are now legally someone else s," explains a former worker at CWA. Most agencies tell the parents they ll receive regular updates on their children. Yet mothers of children like Tegene say they have heard nothing for years "As a mother, not to be able to know my kid s situation hurts me so much." ABC Australia – Ref. 4654 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.
