A British woman is adopting a Ugandan child that was placed in her arms at just two days old when she was working in an orphanage on her gap year.

Emilie Larter was just 22 years old when she became the baby's sole carer when his mother died from bleeding after the birth, leaving seven children behind.

He was so young when she died, that he had not been fed and didn't even have a name, so they named him Adam.

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Emilie Larter was just 22 years old when she became the baby's sole carer when his mother died from bleeding after the birth, and she now plans to adopt him

With no-one else to look after him, she changed his nappies and woke up in the night to feed him, and later extended her trip by two months to stay with him

He was so young when she died, he had not been fed and didn't even have a name, so they named him Adam (pictured)

With no-one else to look after him, she changed his nappies and woke up in the night to feed him, and later extended her trip by two months to stay with him.

When she returned to Britain, she could not forget about him and soon returned to Uganda, where she got a full-time job as a teacher in order to care for him.

She is now trying to legally adopt him and hopes to bring him back to Britain, saying: 'I cannot imagine a future without him.'

However, she has lost her job as a teacher and is now trying to crowdfund in order to raise the money needed for the expensive process.

She has already raised £4,500 on the page, on which she tells the touching story of how she met Adam and the lengths she will go to to stay with him.

Writing on the page, she pleads: 'I need the money to finish the adoption process. Lawyer fees, court fees...it all adds up. I no longer have an income to be able to pay for this as I had originally intended.

Staying in Uganda, Miss Larter did everything for the baby boy and built such a strong bond with him that she could not bear to leave him

When Miss Larter (left) returned to Britain, she could not forget about him and soon returned to Uganda, where she got a full-time job as a teacher in order to care for him

'I am asking for your help to ensure we are not separated again. In the New Year, I hope so desperately to legally become Adam's mum.'

Miss Larter, who had just graduated from university, had planned to do more travelling when she finished two-months of volunteering for the children's charity.

But a dramatic turn of events then told her that 'life had a different plan for me,' she writes.

'It was just another morning at the children's home; changing nappies, playing with children, organising the staff.. when we received a phone call.

'Several people had been trying to contact us. They told us a newborn baby was in desperate need. We got ready quickly and were on our way to Butagaya.

'When we arrived, we realised there was a burial going on. A lady had died, leaving behind 7 children. The youngest was a baby boy; he was just 5 days old.

'His mother had died due to excessive bleeding after birth. He had not received any breast milk or formula and there was no one able to care for him. His mum left this world before even giving him a name.

She is now trying to legally adopt him and hopes to bring him back to Britain, saying: 'I cannot imagine a future without him.'

This was the community where Miss Larter had been working in Uganda

'We took him in and I became the little one's sole carer. The sleepless nights were down to me, but they were no bother. I felt privileged to do it.

'I extended my stay. I stayed with him for almost two months. We named him Adam. I didn't do much but never a day went by where I was bored. I could sit and watch him for hours.'

Miss Larter went home for her graduation but then flew back out to Uganda and spent another four and a half months with him.

She then flew back in April 2015 for a close friend's wedding and took on some casual work because she had run out of money, but visited Uganda again in June.

Returning home again, she took a full-time teaching job but would 'leave the country the minute the school holidays began' and fly to Uganda to see him.

But 'these short visits were not enough', she said, so she began the process of becoming his foster parent, which you must do for a year before legally adopting a child in Uganda.

The law requires that the foster parent lives, with the child, in Uganda for that time and Miss Larter got a job in an international school, intending to fund the process herself.

However, she later lost the job and is now being supported by her parents, launching the crowdfunding campaign in the hope of eventually taking him home.

The determined teacher now hopes to raise enough to bring him back to Leigh, in England, where she is from.

Just two days old when his mother tragically died from bleeding after childbirth, Miss Larter took on the role

After seeing him grow from a newborn into a happy child, Miss Larter said 'I hope so desperately to legally become Adam's mum'

She added: 'Not only does he make me smile every day, but I have heard nothing but good reports on how he has been doing at nursery school. Since I have been back, he is happy, cries less and has grown a lot.

'I cannot imagine a future without him in it. I was planning to reside here and save up to adopt him before being able to return to the UK.

'There are very limited positions for expats out here and despite searching, I have not yet found any options.

'My incredibly supportive parents hope to help me to remain out here until I am able to return with Adam.

'But first, I need the money to finish the adoption process. Lawyer fees, court fees...it all adds up. I no longer have an income to be able to pay for this as I had originally intended.

'I am asking for your help to ensure we are not separated again. In the New Year, I hope so desperately to legally become Adam's mum.'

To donate to the campaign, click here.