Finding the Way Home

When my son turned four, the audible world closed shut.

Got my first implant when I was four.

When I play without my implants, I can let my mind wander.

If deafness is a mutation,

then maybe our mistakes become our music.

Did it sound good?

It was beautiful.

Narrator: More than eight million children around the world

live in orphanages.

Most of them are not orphans.

They have been separated from their families

because of poverty, disaster, or discrimination.

Research has shown that children need families to flourish

and that orphanages can harm children,

exposing them to abuse and trafficking.

There is a growing movement to rescue

these eight million hidden children

and return them to their families

or place them in loving homes.

These are six stories of children

who have found their way home.

Whoo!

Mama!

-Huh? -Hmm?

Little Maria:

Woman:

Aaah!

Mama Maria:

Little Maria:

Mama Maria:

Mwah!

Mama Maria:

Little Maria:

Mama Maria:

Little Maria:

Mama Maria:

Little Maria:

(loud rumbling, people screaming)

Gertrude:

Diego:

Yeah, it was inside here. Inside this big house.

Big, big, big business.

many...

And...

...always orphanage.

You know?

See?

Come over here...

...to pay the school.

In Haiti, you have to pay for the school.

And...

Jonathas: I'd like you to meet Pastor Larochelle.

He's my friend.

He's in the business orphanage with me.

Arielle:

Bonsoir.

Arielle:

Larochelle:

Arielle:

-Arielle: Bonsoir... -Children: Bonsoir.

Arielle:

Gertrude:

Gertrude:

Woman: Opa! (shushing)

Opa! Opa.

Amen.

Aah.

Isus: Mmmm.

Dima:

Ohhh... (speaking Bulgarian)