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title: How One Kid in an Orphanage Found Family and Discovered His Dream
description: When I was 5, I got sick, and my family wasn't able to afford surgery. My parents chose to send me to an orphanage where I had medication to keep me alive.
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# [How One Kid in an Orphanage Found Family and Discovered His Dream](https://blog.1millionhome.com/kid-in-orphanage-found-family-and-discovered-dream)

 Written by [Mehari Haile](https://blog.1millionhome.com/author/mehari-haile) | Jul 25, 2022

 

My name is Mehari. I live in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. When I was 5, I got sick and needed surgeries—and my family wasn't able to afford it.

#### My parents chose to send me to an orphanage where I would have access to medication to keep me alive.

 

I found that many kids were like me in the orphanage. They had families who were struggling and felt it would be a better life for them and the kids if they were separated.

#### While in the orphanage I had everything I needed—medication, good education.

But I didn’t have a family—which is more important than all of those things put together. I didn’t have any hope or dreams of the future.

It wasn’t possible to go back to my biological family, but [Selamta](https://www.selamtafamilyproject.org/) helped me meet my new mum brother and sister, who I love completely.

My new family helped me through the hard times and encouraged me to what I dreamed about, become a filmmaker.

#### I went from having no dreams and no hope—to living my dreams.

My creativity is flowing, the future feels bright and I have a family whose there for me if I’m 22 or 72, I know they’re there for me forever.

#### I hope, like me, many other children can either be reunited with their families or find new healthy family.

 

Nothing compares with a loving family. It makes all the difference in the world.

 

 

 

Learn more about [Selamta Family Project ](https://www.selamtafamilyproject.org/)and how you can be a part of seeing families come together in Ethiopia.

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