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The Stranger Who Rescued Me

Rukhiya Budden's life changed when she left the Kenyan orphanage where she grew up

Rukhiya Budden says she suffered abuse and misery when she was growing up in an orphanage in Nairobi. But her life was changed when a Japanese stranger became like a surrogate father to her. Tomiji Minagawa took her in, giving her a loving home. Rukhiya is a Global Ambassador for Hope and Homes for Children and she campaigns for orphanages to be abolished. (Photo credit: Hope and Homes for children.)

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