Inesa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Ethiopia · Inesa, Ethiopia · 2009 (location generalized to protect survivors)

No, because the couple who noticed him in the cafe were able to save him and give him a better place to live. One day Johnston was begging in a cafe and a couple who worked for a school for the blind noticed him. Johnston was able to get hospital care for tuberculosis and also to have the opportunity to be adopted by a loving family. Doctor- Cheryl Carter-Shotts African Adoptions Inc.- Were Johnston was adopted from. ADDITIONAL NOTES: Link to actual article: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_12486695 The time is unknown due to the Civil War that was happening in Ethiopia. "He was taken approximately 15 years ago. His case was never seriously investigated, although his mother apparently did report that he was missing. Ethiopia was enduring a civil war at the time. This rather significant distraction, coupled with the fact that Esubalew was 5 or 6 when he was taken and couldn't provide a lot of details about his home village, probably contributed to the inability of authorities to reunite him with his mother."- Kevin Simpson