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Former house-help Diminah Machanja Khasialo found calling in caring for orphans

Diminah Machanja Khasialo (right)  found the first baby for her children’s centre in a garbage pit 16 years ago. Now, she looks after more than 100 children. [PHOTOS: NANJINIA WAMUSWA/ STANDARD]

BY NANJINIA WAMUSWA

At 10am, children line up for porridge in a hall. The cheeky ones push and shove, displacing others from the queue. The woman serving the porridge stops her work and threatens to turn back the naughty children. The shoving stops and she resumes her work.

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