Amara Family Stories

To meet two Amara families who adopted their children from foster care, please enjoy this video.

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Kent, Trish, Abbey and Maggie

Trish and Kent learned that 18-month old Abbey was in foster care and needed a foster-to-adopt family immediately. Abbey arrived in their home the next day and is now with her forever family. Read more.

Antonette, Joyce and Noah

Antonette and Joyce came to Amara with the specific goal of adopting an African American boy from foster care, as they knew that the need for African American adoptive families is high. Read more

Ndudi, George and Chizarem

Nigerian-born Ndudi and George say many first-generation Africans return to their home country to adopt a child. But Ndudi and George decided to adopt a child in America because they knew that many children here need an adoptive family too. Read more

Sam, Mike, Robert and Hillary

In adopting siblings Robert and Hillary, Sam and Mike say it was a difficult process, but rewarding. “It meant a lot to us when Robert recently said: ‘You’re papa, you’re daddy, and I am your son’,” says Mike. Read more