22. Adopting Mata
The agency informed the Davis family that the girl’s father had passed away, and she had been severely neglected by her mother. It's started off looking like the perfect chance to change a child’s life so the family agreed to adopt her. However, the family would soon discover something very strange.
The agency informed the Davis family that the girl’s father had passed away, and she had been severely neglected by her mother. It's started off looking like the perfect chance to change a child’s life so the family agreed to adopt her. However, the family would soon discover something very strange.
20. Bad Conditions
“She was in an orphanage, no toys, bars on the window.” Like any other logical couple, they were confident they made the right decision to take her out of there and bring her into a new life with new opportunities that she would otherwise never be exposed to.
“She was in an orphanage, no toys, bars on the window.” Like any other logical couple, they were confident they made the right decision to take her out of there and bring her into a new life with new opportunities that she would otherwise never be exposed to.
18. Mata’s Truth
The family could not believe what they were hearing from the little girl. Everything the EAC adoption agency had briefed Jessica and Adam with were lies! They fabricated a sad story to make for Mata to make her adoption process go quicker. What the little girl was saying shocked her adoptive parents…
The family could not believe what they were hearing from the little girl.
Everything the EAC adoption agency had briefed Jessica and Adam with were lies! They fabricated a sad story to make for Mata to make her adoption process go quicker. What the little girl was saying shocked her adoptive parents…
16. It’s A Scam
Jessica began to realize that she had unwittingly participated in a scam, and worse than a scam she had stolen a daughter away from a loving family. The parents knew then that they had to do something. They had to return Mata to her mother. What happened next is amazing…
Jessica began to realize that she had unwittingly participated in a scam, and worse than a scam she had stolen a daughter away from a loving family.
The parents knew then that they had to do something. They had to return Mata to her mother. What happened next is amazing…
14. The Adoption Agency
A woman named Debra Parris who worked for European Adoption Consultants was the first person to tell the Davises about Mata, pressing the family to act very quickly if they wanted to pursue the adoption. Now the family could see what really might have happened. An investigation was already in progress and you won’t believe how everything ended…
A woman named Debra Parris who worked for European Adoption Consultants was the first person to tell the Davises about Mata, pressing the family to act very quickly if they wanted to pursue the adoption.
Now the family could see what really might have happened. An investigation was already in progress and you won’t believe how everything ended…
12. Traffickers
The traffickers, Riley says, can include police and lawyers, teachers and local leaders. To make things even easier for traffickers in Uganda, there is no word for “adoption” in the language many Ugandan villagers speak so mothers are easily deceived, Riley told CNN.
The traffickers, Riley says, can include police and lawyers, teachers and local leaders. To make things even easier for traffickers in Uganda, there is no word for “adoption” in the language many Ugandan villagers speak so mothers are easily deceived, Riley told CNN.
10. Destroying Families
Riley says: A villager-turned-trafficker made a pitch at a local church and managed to get seven children into the adoption circuit, including Mata, who was sent to a place called God’s Mercy, about a four-hour drive away. That’s where the Davises met her, a damaged orphanage that was more like a prison. The truth kept unraveling for the family as they began to work with Riley on the case.
Riley says: A villager-turned-trafficker made a pitch at a local church and managed to get seven children into the adoption circuit, including Mata, who was sent to a place called God’s Mercy, about a four-hour drive away. That’s where the Davises met her, a damaged orphanage that was more like a prison. The truth kept unraveling for the family as they began to work with Riley on the case.
8. Children For Sale and EAC
The State Department said EAC “failed to adequately supervise its providers in foreign countries to ensure (that they didn’t engage in the) sale, abduction, exploitation or trafficking of children.” It said that EAC had exhibited “a pattern of serious, willful or grossly negligent failure to comply” with standards for international adoption and that it failed safety procedures that prevent “solicitation of bribes” and “fraudulently obtaining birth parent consent.” stated The State Department in a report to CNN. This all became too much for the family as the truth just kept unraveling the more and more they tried to find answers.
The State Department said EAC “failed to adequately supervise its providers in foreign countries to ensure (that they didn’t engage in the) sale, abduction, exploitation or trafficking of children.” It said that EAC had exhibited “a pattern of serious, willful or grossly negligent failure to comply” with standards for international adoption and that it failed safety procedures that prevent “solicitation of bribes” and “fraudulently obtaining birth parent consent.” stated The State Department in a report to CNN. This all became too much for the family as the truth just kept unraveling the more and more they tried to find answers.
6. Taking Measures
The Ugandan government would later determine that Mata’s mother had been deceived, with a Ugandan court finding that the referral form had been forged and wasn’t actually signed by Ugandan police. Meaning that Mata’s mother was still out there somewhere waiting for her baby to be returned. Something had to be done about this.
The Ugandan government would later determine that Mata’s mother had been deceived, with a Ugandan court finding that the referral form had been forged and wasn’t actually signed by Ugandan police. Meaning that Mata’s mother was still out there somewhere waiting for her baby to be returned. Something had to be done about this.
4. Worried
Mata’s mother had absolutely no idea that she was actually signing a paper relinquishing all her parental rights. Meanwhile, the “sponsor” family paid the fake adoption agency $15,000 that was actually using the system to traffic children from villages throughout Uganda. Now that they knew the truth about Mata, the family packed there bags and prepared to fly to Uganda. Mata was headed home. The reunion will bring you to tears…
Mata’s mother had absolutely no idea that she was actually signing a paper relinquishing all her parental rights.
Meanwhile, the “sponsor” family paid the fake adoption agency $15,000 that was actually using the system to traffic children from villages throughout Uganda. Now that they knew the truth about Mata, the family packed there bags and prepared to fly to Uganda. Mata was headed home. The reunion will bring you to tears…
2. Mata Meets Mom
The Davises did the right thing in returning Mata to her mother, as Adam explained: “If our child has been taken from us, we would want our child back.” When the moment finally came to reunite Mata with her real mother, the family knew they were about to witness a miracle. The smile on Mata’s face upon seeing her mother again was a pure indication of their loving relationship. Mata’s mother was overcome with emotion as she could not believe that Mata was almost taken from her forever. This was not the end, though.
The Davises did the right thing in returning Mata to her mother, as Adam explained: “If our child has been taken from us, we would want our child back.” When the moment finally came to reunite Mata with her real mother, the family knew they were about to witness a miracle. The smile on Mata’s face upon seeing her mother again was a pure indication of their loving relationship. Mata’s mother was overcome with emotion as she could not believe that Mata was almost taken from her forever. This was not the end, though.