A British woman is seeking donations from the public to help her adopt a young Ugandan boy she met while working in an orphanage during her gap year.

Emilie Larter, 25, was due to spend two months volunteering at the orphanage in 2014, but ended up extending her stay to spend more time with the child, named Adam, whose mother died when he was just a few days old.

Writing on her Go Fund Me page, Ms Larter says: "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.