Jessica and Adam Davis already had four children of their own, but they had heard of so many orphaned children around the world that they wanted to help. They had plenty of love to give another child.

The couple reached out to European Adoption Consultants (EAC) in Chicago and were soon matched with a child in need in 2015. The child was in Uganda and desperately in need according to the agency.

The Davis’s were quick to jump into action to help the child. It was a 5-year-old girl named Namata and the agency said her father had passed away and her mother had badly abused and neglected the little girl.

They welcomed her into their family, but as Namata began speaking more and more English, the family learned the truth about her mother and the situation she came from. It wasn’t at all like what they had been told. It was much worse.

The Davis’ found that Namata wasn’t abused or neglected at all. She had been taken from her mother who missed her very much. They were traumatized when they realized the only abuse Namata had ever been a victim of was when she was stolen from her family and sent to them.

They immediately reached out for answers and found out that Namata’s mother thought her daughter was coming to live in the U.S. temporarily to get a better education than what she had been receiving in Uganda. She had no idea her daughter had been sold via adoption.

Keren Riley, who runs Reunite Uganda, helped the family get in touch with Namata’s biological mother and she was able to talk to the family via FaceTime. Although they were told they could legally keep Namata, they refused and knew that she needed to be reunited with her mother.

The State Department learned about the Davis’s and Namata’s experience and began an investigation. Unfortunately, Namata wasn’t the organization’s only victim. There were multiple other children that had been stolen for financial gain. They closed down EAC for good.

To learn more about Namata’s situation and children that are being sold through adoption, watch the video below and share it to bring awareness to this horrible crime.