Finding Families – two sisters in need of forever home

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Of the 5,000 children currently in foster care throughout the Houston area, more than 1,700 are available for adoption right now.

As part of the Finding Families series, FOX 26 News anchor Sally MacDonald introduces you to two sisters looking for a forever home together.

A day of pampering at Nailtique Salon in the River Oaks district is well deserved.

“My sister is the girly girl, I’m like the tomboy,” said Anjel, 14. She and her sister Nyea, 9, have different interests but a common bond. They’ve been stuck in the foster care system for four years.

“Very fortunately, the two of them have been in the same foster home for four years, so they’ve been stable,” said Atasha Kelley-Harris, adoption coordinator for Depelchin Children’s Center.

Their foster family is unable to adopt them, so Depelchin is trying to place the girls in a permanent home together.

Anjel loves science and plays on her school’s basketball team. Nyea is always on the go and has near perfect attendance.

“I just want to be with a family forever that loves us,” said Anjel. “We’re loving sisters, and we’ll be thankful and grateful to anyone out there who adopts us,”

To adopt Anjel and Nyea or any other child, please send an e-mail message to info@depelchin.org