Trip South - Hossana Care Center

As part of our trip, we stopped at the agency’s Care Center in Hossana.  This was the meeting point to pick up our translators.  It also gave us the opportunity to see where our children had stayed temporarily.

The center was not as nice as the one in Addis, though I hadn’t expected it to be.  However, I certainly think it was more than acceptable for its purposes and maintained with care.   The toilet accommodations may be a little bit uncomfortable for the new parents, but I’d take them over a bush!  The nannies were just as nice.  And, once the kids were able to see themselves in the digital images of my camera, they were just as friendly and eager to strike a pose as the ones in Addis.

The compound is relatively compact but very vibrantly decorated inside and out, both with flowers and with paint.

In the corner, you can sort of see the cots some of the kids were resting on. I know these cots (like the kind used at daycares) were on the list of requested donations.

Just outside the main entrance there were head shot photos of lots of children.  I’m guessing they were the kids who have passed through this facility on to their way to their new families.