Hi.
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I am Hilary Macias
with the Maranatha Minute.
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It's been four months
since Maranatha completed
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the Beryl Seventh-day
Adventist church in Dominica.
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And the
congregation has been busy,
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sharing the mission
with their community
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through home
visitations and Bible studies.
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As a result of much outrage,
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they have already had
14 baptisms at the church.
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The original Beryl
Church was destroyed
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during 2017's Hurricane Maria.
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The Category 5 storm wiped out
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most of the
structures on the island,
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including 28 of the
34 Adventist churches.
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Beryl was among the places
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that Maranatha
helped to rebuild.
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Maranatha is also constructing
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a new community center in Wesley
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and a new church for
Bottega congregation.
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All of this is only
possible with your support.
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As a non-profit organization,
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we rely on your generosity
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to respond to
these types of needs.
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Help fulfill the
mission by making a donation.
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Go to our website
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or call the
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Agony, agony, agony.
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I agonized at my future.
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For I knew no more
than a potential mother,
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merely at the age of nine.
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I wondered what a future
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it will be for me.
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As I grew up,
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I looked at my mom,
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an example of the future
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that awaited me,
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merely at the age of nine.
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She always toiled
under the hot beating sun
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and in the strong biting cold,
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looking for the
black little gold
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just to earn money for the day.
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Oh, what a painful future.
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I looked at myself and wondered
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what a potential
mother I would make
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merely at the age of nine.
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No! I had to escape.
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The journey took long.
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I was walking on foot.
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I started walking
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at 12pm
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after 9:00 at night.
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The rain was flooding all over.
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The rivers, I pass through,
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they almost...
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Some water is here,
another one is here.
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And at that
time I was too short,
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not the way I am now.
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I met wild animal there,
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but God is able.
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They have not hurt me.
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I have just passed through them.
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This is Aliza Tianina.
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When she was six years old,
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Aliza ran away from home.
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For her she
says that it was good
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that it was raining
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because, you
know, when it's raining,
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everybody's asleep.
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Nobody will think of going out,
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nobody will think of
someone can run out, you see.
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But when she
arrived, we saw a miracle
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because imagining of someone
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running in the cold,
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passing through some rivers
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and go to Karuah.
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It's God that was I can say.
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The decision to leave
home risked Aliza's life
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but as a Maasai girl in Kenya,
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the consequences of staying home
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would have been worse.
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The Maasai culture
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is one of the very old cultures
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within the Kenyan society.
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And for them,
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what they value most
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is their cows
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and the boy child.
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So the girl child is
more or less like a property
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to be disposed off as and when,
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you know, they're ready for.
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As Maasai, you have to
take care of the cattle.
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You have to give
birth like a chicken,
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you cannot count.
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No, you cannot stay
like the way you do.
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You stay like your
child must be created
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to give birth to another.
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Just give birth
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until the end of your life.
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And so these
girls are married off
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at very early age
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in exchange of cows.
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So by the time a
girl is being taken off,
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the cows have
already been delivered
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and that is something valued
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both by their fathers
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and even the mothers.
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And before that is done,
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they go through the FGM.
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FGM or female genital mutilation
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is a painful
and dangerous ritual
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Maasai girls must undergo
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to be prepared for marriage.
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It comes with the
risk of infection,
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urination problems,
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severe bleeding and even death.
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FGM is illegal in Kenya
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but continues to
be a common practice
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among the Maasai
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who usually
live in remote areas.
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In Maasai community
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when a girl is born,
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she's just seen to be
like a source of wealth,
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a source of
income for the family
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because once you born as a girl,
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by the time you grow up
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at the age of seven, eight,
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you go through
FGM that tells you
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that now you
have become a woman,
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you need to be responsible.
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At that point,
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they even start
communicating to you,
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"You're not supposed
to be the same compound
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with your mother,
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you are now a grown-up person,
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you need to go and
start your family."
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So as early as nine.
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It is a traumatizing experience
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because some of them
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go through very
difficult situations.
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There are those who after FGM,
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they are not
given even time to heal
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and because this fathers
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are eager to get their wealth,
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to get their animals,
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and these other men,
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they just want...
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They don't care, they
just want to have women.
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With that
imagination or that culture
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and that believe
in their community
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that once you have born
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against the will of your father,
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you're cursed.
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So they are those who still live
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with that fear that,
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"Okay, I'm here, but I know,
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I've gotten myself curses."
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After some time,
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I heard that my granddad
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wanted to curse me
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because of running away
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and not to get married.
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But I wasn't even thinking
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about cursing.
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I was just
thinking about my education.
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Also, my dad did the same.
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He told her that
he want to get life,
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come back, and go
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to your husband's home,
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or unless I'll curse you.
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Most of the time you find that
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automatically the
relationship is broken
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because if it is well-known
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that you need to
obey your father,
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you need to obey your mother,
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the moment you have
gone against their will
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that you are to
get married to this man
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and you want to
get this number of cows
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to get the family moving
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and you went against that,
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of course, you
become like an enemy
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to this community
and to the family.
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When my dad first
heard that I have ran away,
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he just wanted to kill my mom.
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Same to my uncle,
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first it was my
uncle that beat mom
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because he's telling
her that she's the one
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who have showed
me the way to go.
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My mom was not aware.
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Nobody knew
that I could run away
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because I was obedient.
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I was not showing
them that I want to go.
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No, I was just quiet...
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My dad hit her because of me,
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and my mom was not aware of that
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I can run away.
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So many people wanted
me to die at that age,
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but I trusted in God.
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And I know God is everything.
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Aliza is now 15 years old
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and has lived at the
Kajiado Adventist School
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and Rescue Center
for the past nine years
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as she receives a
Christian education.
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It is her home now
along with 160 other girls
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and 45 boys who helped the girls
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develop healthy
relationships with males.
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Girls must sleep
two to a mattress
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because there
isn't enough space.
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The toilets are
holes in the ground
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and students must
bath in outdoor stalls
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with a bucket.
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The conditions aren't ideal
but for many of these girls,
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they cannot return home.
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The decision to run away
from FGM and child marriage
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means they are not welcome
in their village anymore.
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The first time I went
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I had stayed
here like five years
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without seeing my brothers,
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without seeing anybody, no home.
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And I have to go there...
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And everybody was happy
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to see me.
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Everybody was proud of me.
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But it was dad that,
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my dad just came
out of the house.
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And that's it.
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And he wanted to beat me
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while I'm holding
my little brother.
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But everybody was crying,
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"Please don't beat her,
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let her stay with us,
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we have missed her a lot."
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For most of the girls at
the Kajiado Adventist School
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and Rescue
Center, the connection
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to their childhood
home has disappeared.
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They must learn to
live without their family.
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The Kajiado center
becomes the girl's new home
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and Principal Sarah
Daniel becomes a mother figure.
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Sarah is just amazing.
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I mean, when you meet
her, you interact with her,
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you know that here is a lady
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who's passionate
of what she's doing.
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She actually
cares for the girls.
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She is, you know, hardworking.
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She's always on the go,
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you know, she
cares for the girls
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because you can see the
girls actually love her a lot.
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It is not artificial.
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It's not something
because volunteers are here
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or I'm there or somebody
from the conferences has come
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that she does this.
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She actually does
this day in and day out.
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And she's very
charismatic, you know?
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She is full of energy
and she wants a better life
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for these girls, you know?
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And when we go...
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As you see her
she actually goes out
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and sees it there are
girls that have been married off
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or, you know, are
going through FGM,
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and she actually goes
there and rescues them
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and brings them back.
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You can see her heart
really feels for these girls.
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She was like a
mom to us, you know,
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when we go Kajiado, that's home
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and people there are
our sisters, our brothers,
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and our moms, and our dads.
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So Madam Sarah was
just a cool mother.
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Though the Kajiado
students become family,
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Sarah knows that deep down
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children still want to be
accepted by their birth family.
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From time to time,
she attempts to facilitate
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reconciliation for certain girls
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if the family is agreeable.
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And let me tell
you for these girls,
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when they get that opportunity
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to see that to their father
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can even just tuck their heads
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because that is
their sign of greetings,
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you could not imagine
the happiness they do have.
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Even if someone who will feel,
"I'm not still safe to be here
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but at least my
father has shown me that
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I can still continue to
be called his daughter."
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When we come back,
Aliza returns to the village
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she once ran away from.
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Anyone can build a church.
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Simply give just $10
each month and your donation
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along with thousands of others
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will find a new place
of worship every month.
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The potential for
change is all around you.
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All you have to do is look.
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Aliza's first visit back to
her village did not go well.
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Since then, Aliza has
tried to keep the relationship
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with her father
alive by visiting again.
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As her father
observes the knowledge
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she is gaining in school,
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he realizes the
value of her education.
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A recent visit showed
that her father has experienced
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a complete change of heart
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and he's proud of Aliza.
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While filming in
Aliza's old village,
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the Maranatha Mission
Stories crew received word
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that a young
girl, a cousin of Aliza
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had been brought to this village
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to undergo FGM.
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She was crying and distraught.
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While we were there,
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Sarah came to know
about this child that was...
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She's only nine years old,
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I think, and she was sent
to her grandmother's house
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for FGM
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and Sarah was
asking around that,
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"Why are you not in school?
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Why are you not in school?"
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And I learned she
cannot communicate.
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So I thought she has
never gone to school.
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So after I
followed up, I've realized,
00:15:13.44\00:15:15.51
booking has already been done.
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So she was waiting for FGM
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so that she can get married of.
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This girl is here for FGM
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and she's already
been given off for marriage
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and then, you know, Sarah
just, bang, went in and said,
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"I'm taking this
girl back with me."
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But when I
talked, she told me, yes,
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she's willing to go to school
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but nobody is ready
to take her to school.
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Yeah.
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So I've told I
would go with her.
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So it's good we
came on a school day,
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we're able to identify.
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After consulting
with Aliza's father,
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the village elder,
it was agreed that Sarah
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would take the
girl named Malaton
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back to the Kajaido center.
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Aliza's father also asked
that they take his young son,
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Aliza's brother, as
they couldn't afford
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to send him to school.
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Though the center's
capacity to take more children
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is stretched to its limits,
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Sarah agreed to
take the boy named Edgar.
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The village
sent the children off
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with a song and the two
begin a journey into a new life.
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I was so, so, so happy.
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So happy.
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In fact, that time I saw them
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coming to get inside
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that car going to education,
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I felt tears
of, just like water.
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I was even just like
that, just really crying.
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The crew drove back to Kajaido
with Aliza's brother Edgar
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and cousin Malaton, family,
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she never expected
to live with again.
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The children began the
school's intake process
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and transitioning to
life at the Kajiado Center.
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The first thing that we need
to do with this girl comes in
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when you go to wash,
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you need some clothes to change.
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Maybe there is a girl
who has two or three dresses
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that you can borrow,
00:17:06.05\00:17:07.39
but you can't
borrow the inner wears.
00:17:07.42\00:17:09.09
So all the time, I
have to make sure that
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I should be able to
get like the inner clothes
00:17:11.69\00:17:14.93
for this girl to
be able to put on.
00:17:14.96\00:17:17.43
Then at that time,
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there's also other essentials
00:17:18.83\00:17:20.44
like soap, a basin...
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And sometimes they come
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when we are not able to do that.
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But we have to even
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if I have to go out and borrow
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because this person
is just looking at me
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as the hope at that point.
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We also take time,
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visit the
children office department
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because they also need
to get us some document
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for us to file
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and to ensure
nobody can threaten us
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of stealing their children
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because the children
office is also aware.
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The other thing we
now want to take them
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for medical checkup,
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which is also a bit expensive.
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When we got to the
hospital, they would not say,
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"Oh, this one is a rescue.
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It's free."
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We have to pay
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what the other
people are paying.
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Some of them because they
have never gone to school,
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they are not even
able to communicate
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in another language apart
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from their local language.
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And that is why we normally need
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that like we have some
women who are volunteers
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who also come in
and even our other guys
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who have gone through this,
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they're also able
to help us understand.
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Personally, I do
speak the simple ones.
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We can
communicate in a simple way,
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but let me say that
these children are genius,
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for me, that's
what I can call them.
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Because you'll
realize once they interact
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with the rest even
within a month or two,
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they can speak simple words.
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They can
communicate with others.
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Malaton and Edgar went through
the school's intake process
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seeing places and things
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they had never
experienced before.
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That even they were
unpacking new belongings
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into a new home
cramped though it is.
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That morning, the
girl's life was just normal,
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you know, get up, milk
the cows, clean the place,
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just a day to day life
that these girls having.
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By afternoon, bang.
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They had their life
had been transformed.
00:19:15.75\00:19:17.32
It is complete U-turn
00:19:17.35\00:19:18.69
where they now
have a better future,
00:19:18.72\00:19:20.06
they have shot at life.
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And who knows, they
could become lawyers
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or doctors or engineers
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and it is so heartening to see
00:19:24.19\00:19:25.53
that happening in
front of your eyes, you know?
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Here you are seeing
them with torn clothes
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and nose leaking and dirty,
00:19:29.43\00:19:31.43
and by evening they were
so smartly dressed and so...
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You could not recognize them.
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And you could not recognize them
00:19:35.64\00:19:36.97
that these are the
same kids that we rescued.
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Though they
experienced dramatic changes
00:19:39.14\00:19:41.44
in just a day's time,
00:19:41.48\00:19:42.84
Malaton and Edgar
smiles show they are happy.
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What is love?
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He loves me.
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As they settled into a new home,
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Sarah was again
confronted with the reality
00:19:51.99\00:19:54.02
that they had no
room to house them
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and beyond the
cramped conditions
00:19:56.02\00:19:57.73
for current students,
00:19:57.76\00:19:59.09
this lack of space
prevents the school
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from proactively
rescuing many more children.
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I have cases of 46 girls
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who wanted to come in,
00:20:05.93\00:20:07.27
but I don't have
the space, honestly.
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I just give promises
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that just give
me some more time.
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But in case of any
danger, please consult us,
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let us know
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but we don't have this place.
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When we get back,
hear the success stories
00:20:21.38\00:20:23.49
of three former students
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and learn what
Maranatha is doing
00:20:25.19\00:20:26.82
to help the Kajiado
School's lack of space.
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In less than two months,
00:20:41.60\00:20:43.24
Maranatha will have our annual
Mission Maranatha weekend,
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September 19 to 21
in Northern California.
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In honor of our
50th anniversary,
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we're offering
three projects in the area
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prior to the convention
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and a special anniversary
dinner on September 19.
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First up, we need
volunteers to help with tasks
00:20:59.79\00:21:02.69
at Pacific Union College
from August 19 to September 6.
00:21:02.72\00:21:06.83
Come enjoy the
beauty of the Napa Valley
00:21:06.86\00:21:09.33
while renovating Newton Hall,
00:21:09.36\00:21:10.93
PUC men's dormitory.
00:21:10.97\00:21:13.20
After PUC, you can
head on over to a project
00:21:13.23\00:21:16.00
at Leoni Meadows
Camp or Rio Lindo Academy.
00:21:16.04\00:21:19.27
From September 8 to 19,
00:21:19.31\00:21:21.11
you're invited to
help with painting,
00:21:21.14\00:21:23.08
construction, landscaping,
00:21:23.11\00:21:24.88
and more at either
of those locations.
00:21:24.91\00:21:27.78
All of these projects and
the dinner are free of cost
00:21:27.82\00:21:31.02
with your registration.
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Learn more about
these opportunities
00:21:32.89\00:21:34.82
and others by
going to our website
00:21:34.86\00:21:37.33
at maranatha.org.
00:21:37.36\00:21:39.09
Though the conditions at
the Kajiado Adventist School
00:21:45.40\00:21:48.07
and Rescue
Center are inadequate,
00:21:48.10\00:21:49.80
it is here that students
receive a solid foundation
00:21:49.84\00:21:52.37
upon which to build a future.
00:21:52.41\00:21:54.84
Some girls learn a
skill trade like tailoring,
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others eventually
pursue a college education.
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Josephine Metian Raita
earned a degree in education
00:22:02.02\00:22:05.35
and now teaches at a
local primary school.
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I spent my life
there never going home.
00:22:09.42\00:22:12.39
All of primary, I finished.
00:22:12.43\00:22:14.30
Secondary I went without
even single day going back home.
00:22:14.33\00:22:18.30
We've been given
somewhere to sleep,
00:22:18.33\00:22:20.67
you have been
given education and...
00:22:20.70\00:22:24.57
You have been
given, nurtured spiritually
00:22:24.61\00:22:27.74
because we always had good times
00:22:27.78\00:22:29.61
during the Saturday,
00:22:29.64\00:22:31.18
we go to church, we worship,
00:22:31.21\00:22:32.88
and we learn a lot about
00:22:32.91\00:22:35.55
good things.
00:22:35.58\00:22:37.75
I had that passion long time ago
00:22:37.79\00:22:40.06
because I always admire
00:22:40.09\00:22:41.92
teachers when teaching in class
00:22:41.96\00:22:44.33
and nurturing those kids
00:22:44.36\00:22:45.83
because I always
see that it's very,
00:22:45.86\00:22:48.96
I think it's the best profession
00:22:49.00\00:22:50.83
because you bring someone
00:22:50.87\00:22:53.13
from knowing
nothing to be someone
00:22:53.17\00:22:56.24
very useful in the society.
00:22:56.27\00:22:58.24
So long ago when
I'm in primary school,
00:22:58.27\00:23:01.74
I always admired to
be a teacher at least
00:23:01.78\00:23:04.01
to make someone to be like me
00:23:04.05\00:23:06.35
and let someone know
something that never knew.
00:23:06.38\00:23:09.68
Tracy Risncho is
finishing her journalism degree
00:23:09.72\00:23:12.45
at a university in the
capital city of Nairobi
00:23:12.49\00:23:15.02
and credits her
experience at the Kajiado School
00:23:15.06\00:23:17.56
for setting her
on a path to success.
00:23:17.59\00:23:20.06
I really studied
hard because in my mind
00:23:20.10\00:23:23.03
I knew that coming from
such a poor weird background,
00:23:23.06\00:23:27.90
and I really have to try my best
00:23:27.94\00:23:30.11
so that I can put myself
in a better level tomorrow.
00:23:30.14\00:23:33.14
So I really tried, it
really raised me up so well.
00:23:33.17\00:23:36.88
As I continued,
I was a head girl,
00:23:36.91\00:23:39.05
an assistant head girl,
and it really helped me,
00:23:39.08\00:23:41.02
the responsibilities
helped me at least to grow,
00:23:41.05\00:23:43.59
know myself,
00:23:43.62\00:23:44.95
know how I should handle others,
00:23:44.99\00:23:46.32
know how I
should talk to people,
00:23:46.35\00:23:47.92
know about how I
can control my thoughts
00:23:47.96\00:23:50.13
when I am with other people,
how I should talk to them.
00:23:50.16\00:23:52.76
Yeah, it's really helped.
00:23:52.79\00:23:55.03
Kajiado really helped me
00:23:55.06\00:23:56.40
because if it wasn't for Kajiado
00:23:56.43\00:23:57.77
maybe I wouldn't be here.
00:23:57.80\00:23:59.17
God is everything
because God brought me
00:23:59.20\00:24:01.97
from the village to
Kajiado to high school
00:24:02.00\00:24:05.51
I have not been a failing...
00:24:05.54\00:24:07.54
I've not been a failure.
00:24:07.58\00:24:09.61
I think I'm chosen.
00:24:09.64\00:24:12.21
And I'm the hope for my home
00:24:12.25\00:24:14.58
and the village
and Kajiado, yes.
00:24:14.62\00:24:18.49
Because I believe when
maybe I get money later,
00:24:18.52\00:24:21.46
I will still go back to Kajiado
and help the girls there.
00:24:21.49\00:24:26.23
I know I'll be a
successful person...
00:24:26.26\00:24:31.07
And really inspired like
I really want to give back.
00:24:31.10\00:24:35.40
When I'm here in
school, I think about that
00:24:35.44\00:24:37.64
and I struggled so much like
I really tried to study hard
00:24:37.67\00:24:42.14
so that when I get
at least a good job,
00:24:42.18\00:24:44.08
I can help the center.
00:24:44.11\00:24:45.55
Okay like the school is maybe
00:24:45.58\00:24:48.12
a bit congested
that they know...
00:24:48.15\00:24:49.52
Okay, I've been this some other
00:24:49.55\00:24:50.89
these back I saw
like, okay, kid...
00:24:50.92\00:24:55.86
So at least when you build
a dormitory that is so nice.
00:24:55.89\00:24:58.99
They're not
going to be congested
00:24:59.03\00:25:00.73
and it's so beautiful.
00:25:00.76\00:25:03.23
And then what happens is that
00:25:03.26\00:25:05.33
the girls who have graduated
and gone to high school
00:25:05.37\00:25:07.70
or to college or
university, they all come back
00:25:07.74\00:25:09.50
when there is a vacation,
00:25:09.54\00:25:11.04
you know, when there is a break,
00:25:11.07\00:25:12.41
they have no home.
00:25:12.44\00:25:13.78
Once these girls
leave their homes,
00:25:13.81\00:25:15.14
they run away from
their home or their rescue,
00:25:15.18\00:25:16.58
they have no place to go back.
00:25:16.61\00:25:18.11
So the home is
Kajiado Girls Rescue Center.
00:25:18.15\00:25:20.35
And all of them come in
00:25:20.38\00:25:21.72
and that time it
really, really gets crowded
00:25:21.75\00:25:23.08
because, you know,
00:25:23.12\00:25:24.45
you have the girls
who are in high school,
00:25:24.49\00:25:25.82
you have the girls who
are in college and university,
00:25:25.85\00:25:27.19
plus the kids who are there.
00:25:27.22\00:25:28.56
And at times, it's barely
00:25:28.59\00:25:30.26
you cannot even move in the dorm
00:25:30.29\00:25:31.63
without banging or
bashing to somebody,
00:25:31.66\00:25:32.99
you know,
because it's so crowded,
00:25:33.03\00:25:34.36
there's so many girls.
00:25:34.40\00:25:36.13
You'd normally always,
00:25:36.16\00:25:37.80
you know, touch
somebody or hit somebody
00:25:37.83\00:25:39.17
because there's no space
00:25:39.20\00:25:40.54
and, you know,
the bathrooms are,
00:25:40.57\00:25:42.54
I mean, bad.
00:25:42.57\00:25:44.37
I mean, there's no bathroom,
00:25:44.41\00:25:46.21
you know, there's no showers.
00:25:46.24\00:25:47.58
The showers are all broken down.
00:25:47.61\00:25:48.94
There's no shower, it's a bucket
00:25:48.98\00:25:50.31
with scoop and, you know,
00:25:50.35\00:25:51.68
the conditions are horrible,
horrible for these girls.
00:25:51.71\00:25:53.65
In 2018, Maranatha agreed
to provide the Kajiado School
00:25:53.68\00:25:57.79
with a number of new structures,
00:25:57.82\00:25:59.45
including two new girl's
dorms with showers and toilets,
00:25:59.49\00:26:02.92
a boy's dorm, and an
administrative office.
00:26:02.96\00:26:05.69
Funding is needed
for these new buildings
00:26:05.73\00:26:07.66
that will not only
improve living conditions
00:26:07.70\00:26:09.76
for current students,
00:26:09.80\00:26:11.13
but allow the
center of the space
00:26:11.17\00:26:12.50
to rescue more girls.
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We are so excited.
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We really thank God.
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It's a time that we can say
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we have seen God
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in our life and
in our institution
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because the work they
are doing in our center
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honestly,
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it touches so many lives.
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You know, no kid
should go to this,
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you know, no child
should go through this
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and here is an
opportunity as a volunteer
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you come and help
build these dorms,
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these classrooms, these offices,
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to interact with
them, get to know them,
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guide them, help them as donors.
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I mean, you know, if
you build these dorms,
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these classrooms,
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whatever is
needed on the campus,
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it will definitely
change their lives.
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Maranatha is
beginning the work of providing
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the Kajiado Adventist
School and Rescue Center
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with adequate facilities,
but we need your help.
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Funding is needed
for these new buildings
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that will not only
improve living conditions
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for current students,
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but allow the
center of the space
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to rescue more girls.
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With your help, the
Kajiado Adventist School
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and Rescue Center
can be a safe haven
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for even more children.
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Give a gift to support
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Maranatha's work on this campus.
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Your support will
provide these children
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with the
opportunity for a bright future.
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I now feel myself
as a potential doctor
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to improve the health conditions
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of my people.
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A potential lawyer, to advocate
for the girl child's education.
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Give us an opportunity.
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Take charge, work diligently.
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Make a change
for a better future.
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Make a change
for a better future.
00:27:44.06\00:27:45.86
Make a change
for a better future.
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