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The Calgary Herald just produced a few articles on adoption, and actually profiled a family adopting from Ethiopia.  Click the photos throughout this post to see more pictures, check out the videos, or click on the links below (I’ll update them as they are published).

Saturday: The Path to Ethiopia. The Bailey family faces obstacles — time, money, paperwork — to expand their family. Photos.  Video.

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Sunday: Meeting Mamush. The Baileys go to Ethiopia, but will this young orphan find a spot in their family? Photos. Video.

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Monday: Mamush comes to Canada. Homesickness, language barriers and discrimination — the struggles to adapt to a new country. Photos.  Video.

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Tuesday: Trends, tragedies and triumphs. How international adoption is changing the world. Photos.

Another article is impressions of Addiss Ababa from the reporter, who went with the family to Ethiopia.

“Coffee, pizza and poverty.

That’s a quick snapshot of Ethiopia – the east Africa nation of more than 78 million people – in three, very simplistic, words.

The coffee – this black, impossibly strong and rich nectar of the Ethiopian gods – puts most Starbucks blends to shame.”  Read more…