Hope for the Fatherless | Addis Ababa

We believe children belong in loving families.

More than 5.6 million in Ethiopia are missing one or both of their parents. These children often become

trapped in the cycle of institutional care. HFTF is working to end this.

Because children belong in families, not institutions.

Our Model

REACHING AND REDEEMING

CHILDREN

HFTF places children in loving families through domestic adoption, family preservation, kinship, and residential care.

Our Model

COMMUNITY

Educating, inspiring, and mobilizing Ethiopians to be the local solution for orphaned and vulnerable children.

Events

CULTURE

Cultivating the growing movement of domestic adoption in Ethiopia to transform the culture of orphan care.

Adoption

HELP BUILD FAMILIES IN ETHIOPIA

THE CRISIS

More than 5.6 million children in Ethiopia are missing one or both parents. In 2018, inter-country adoption was banned, but there is not yet a strong culture of domestic foster care or adoption.

THE CYCLE

Vulnerable children often end up trapped in institutional care. Those aging out of orphanages are at high risk for exploitation and unplanned pregnancy. The resulting child often is abandoned in an orphanage, continuing the cycle.

THE SOLUTION

We believe every orphaned or vulnerable child deserves a loving family through reunification, kinship placement, domestic adoption, or small group homes.

BE PART OF THE SOLUTION TODAY!