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Jan 2021
22m 13s

38 Gamins (38 Kids)

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When a devastating earthquake strikes Haiti in January 2010, one of the island’s most respected public health experts rushes to the aid of 38 abandoned children who have been left without a home. She decides then and there to take care of them, not knowing that the decision will change their lives — and hers — forever.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3o3Ox4e.

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