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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, November 20, 2009 · 12 Foundation has helped more than 5,000 children Continued from page 10 they stole my car. I wished I had given them something because when I started to actually see them, I saw me. They were me and they were not there because they wanted to be." Mulli was wracked by sadness for several days following the incident and after asking God for guidance he settled on his course of action. The process of setting up these orphanages was not without setbacks. Mulli noted walking about the slums of Kenya looking for children to save could be hazardous with several incidents taking place where he was barely able to escape with his life. He was also nearly arrested by the police, who were unsure of exactly what he was doing. When Mulli did get children back to the first orphanage, which was his home, he noted that many had behavioural issues while others had a tendency to steal. Mulli's own family began questioning his sanity as their home filled with children they didn't even know. "It was terrible. The kids were dirty, they didn't know how to behave because some of their parents had died when they were young, but because I came from a poor family I understood them," said Esther. "So I took care of them, washing them, cleaning them, taking out their hair because "I wished I had given them something because when I started to actually see them, I saw me." Charles Mulli, founder of Mully Children's Family Foundation their hair was full of lice, washing their clothes, washing their wounds because some had wounds. It was not a big problem for me because I also was poor when I was young, but for our children, it was harder because they had never gone through these problems." To date, the Mully Children's Family Foundation has helped more than 5,000 children and while it has become 60 per cent selfsustaining through farming and other measures, help is still needed to purchase the infrastructure to move that sustainability to 100 per cent. The children cared for by the foundation go through about 600 loaves of bread, 540 kilograms of maize and 270 kilograms of dried beans each day. The foundation also employs 97 teachers and 108 students are expected to graduate from Grade 8 this year alone. To learn more, visit www.mcfcf.ca.