(bərə)   BIRR (literally, silver)
The Birr is the currency of Ethiopia.
The first currency of Ethiopia was introduced in 1894 and was known as the "Menelik talers." In 1934, the occupying Italian forces made the Italian lire the legal currency in Ethiopia until their expulsion in 1942. The Ethiopian Birr was finally introduced in 1945, first [...]

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From storks or cabbages, or that was what children were told when they asked: Where do babies come from? Now all kids know that babies come from mommy’s belly, at least all biological children.

And, all the adopted children, where do they come from? Not from storks or cabbages. From hospitals and orphanages, maybe? [...]

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The Ethiopian flag is formed by three equal horizontal stripes: green (top), yellow and red. In the center there is a blue circle with a yellow pentagram (five-pointed star) with rays emanating from the angles between the points.
Ethiopia is the oldest independent country of Africa and the three colors of the flag were adopted [...]

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We just had the second interview with the Social worker.
This time we went to her office and we had separated interviews. First it was my turn and she asked questions about reasons to adopt, what kind of life we have, what type of discipline we use with our son Dylan, etc. Then it was [...]

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