Orphaned: Mutuna’s story

The Comb by BBC

Jun 16, 202229:17Society & Culture

‘I would have been lost’: When Mutuna was orphaned at a young age, his extended family stepped in to help. Now as an adult, he sees more and more children begging on the streets, and wonders how their lives ended up diff...

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