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Kensington and Chelsea has many adoption champions. Here are some of their experiences.
The names of people featured in the commercials have been changed to protect their identities.
Ama's transcript: “I don’t think I will be the same person I am now if I was not adopted, but in the family I am now. I feel special like, like the chosen ones, me and my brother. When you are adopted you know what your life could’ve been without it, so you try and make it as good as possible."
"I am happy about the whole thing. I just can’t imagine what her life would have been like without us. (laughs). I don’t mean to sound like a bigheaded mummy but you know it is true.”
Saskia's transcript: “The day I met my children was the strangest day for me because they called me mother and I froze and I realised how unprepared I was for that role.
The love has grown so intensely that these children know me better than I know myself. They absolutely have completed my life and they have given me the purpose for which I was brought onto this earth and I am very clear about that.”
Neema's transcript: “The first time I met my adoptive son it was really amazing. He’d obviously been told about me. Anyway he opened the door and there were these huge brown eyes and he said 'You are my new mummy aren’t you?' and I said 'Yes I am and I’ve bought you a little toy' and he took one look at it and said to me 'I’ve already got that toy'. So I said 'ok let’s go down to the shop and change it then.'”