Home, Forever: A story of adoption, hope, and the mountains we're all climbing - Paperback

by Anna Dombkins (Author)

When a confronting documentary about orphaned babies moves Anna and Mark to adopt, they begin a journey that will take them far beyond anything they imagined. After years battling Australia's adoption system with no progress, the young Wollongong couple move their family to Tanzania in search of a different path.

There, in a baby home filled with children in crisis, they meet premature twins-and discover the twins have a severely malnourished toddler brother who has been left behind. In a moment that will change their lives forever, they say yes to all three.

Life in Moshi on the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro becomes a whirlwind of nappies, power outages, snakes, monkeys, and the daily realities of raising five very young children while navigating a daunting Tanzanian adoption process that threatens to tear their family apart.

After years of uncertainty, faith and persistence prevail. But the experience reshapes Anna and Mark's understanding of what children in crisis truly need. Returning home to Australia, they establish Forever Projects, a charity supporting vulnerable Tanzanian mothers so their babies can grow up where they belong-at home.

This inspiring true story is about family, courage, and discovering that sometimes the greatest act of love is keeping families together.