Eric de Jong and his wife, Jenny plunged into parenthood when they adopted three siblings from the children\'s dying mother.
But ever after proved short lived as Zimbabwe\'s small window of stability closed in on them quickly when Robert Mugabe unleashed a war on white farmers and opposition party members, launching an era of economic, social and political turmoil which eventually saw the family fleei.
The new family set about living happily ever after in their rambling farmhouse outside Harare.
Eric de Jong and his wife, Jenny plunged into parenthood when they adopted three siblings from the children\'s dying mother