The growling of his empty stomach drove the four-year-old boy to rise early and search for food scraps in the garbage dump at the edge of the village. Finding food was all he could think about. His mother had died after an extended illness, and he and his six-year-old sister had no one to look to for help besides their mother’s 12-year-old sister. But she was as hungry and scared as...
Many years ago, in a land far away, two little boys met in an orphanage called Treasures of Africa Children’s Home. They became fast friends and were inseparable. Though they had come from different villages in Tanzania, both had suffered similar hardships and loss before arriving at the place they would...
The story of Innocent’s life is one of dramatic changes. His parents died 3 years apart, leaving him and his siblings orphaned. At the time of his mother’s death, Innocent was 11 years old. He, his brother and his little sister lived in a one-room mud house with no one to provide for them. Innocent soon began running the streets, searching for...
The first thing that caught our attention when Emmanuel came to live at Treasures of Africa Children’s Home was his stunning smile. Yet hidden behind that beautiful smile, was a lot of heartache.
Emmanuel was eleven years old when he was brought to Treasures of Africa. He had been living in a rural village with his mother and siblings. His father had...