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Abandoned at six years old and considered an orphan, Charles Mulli narrowly escaped starving to death and committing suicide. Through a domino effect that began with one person\u2019s compassionate act<\/a>, Mulli became a successful entrepreneur millionaire, and then gave everything up to adopt over 13,000 children.<\/p>\n

Born in 1949 in Kenya, Charles Mutua Mulliin an <\/span>interview<\/span><\/a> with RealCUF radio, paints a picture of his debilitating childhood of rejection.<\/span> Abandoned by his family at age six., Mulli was left to live in a \u201charsh environment\u201d\u00a0 by himself, barely more than a toddler.<\/span><\/p>\n

The difficult childhood and bright future of an orphan<\/h3>\n

For 17 years, he lived in extreme poverty, essentially as an orphan with no home. Relatives assisted his secondary education up to a point, but Mulli had no money to pay the fees, and no shelter. Begging for food was a higher need, so he dropped out of school. Mulli <\/span>shared<\/span><\/a> with RealCUF that age 16, he<\/span>\u00a0“had completely given up.\u201d He wanted to commit suicide because he \u201cdidn\u2019t want to continue to experience all these problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

At that moment, Mulli told RealCUF, a passerby invited him to church. There, in 1967, he encountered Christ, who Mulli said “restore[d] my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Filled with new hope, Mulli walked nearly 53 miles barefoot with no food or money to Nairobi, Kenya\u2019s capital, to look for a job. With no idea what he was going to do, he said he \u201cwent to where wealthy people lived and knocked\u201d on their doors. At one home, a wealthy Indian Catholic woman<\/a> took compassion upon the orphan before her, asking<\/a>, \u201cWhat I can do for you?\u201d Sharing his needs, she employed him as a laborer. From there, with her husband\u2019s help, he advanced into increasingly better jobs.<\/p>\n

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Mully Children\u2019s Family (MCF) <\/span>recounts<\/a>\u00a0 that Mulli<\/span>\u00a0took his earned money and bought a used car, turning it into a taxi. With the money made from that, he bought more vehicles, followed by buses. These became part of \u201cMullyways<\/a>,” his transportation fleet. Besides the transport business, Mulli\u2019s\u00a0further investments included insurance business, motor vehicle components, gas distributor and agricultural business ventures.<\/p>\n

He also embraced leadership roles in Kenya. Through prayer and hard work, Charles Mulli experienced unprecedented success, and became a pinnacle in the church movement and board leadership in schools.<\/p>\n

In 1970 Mulli married Esther Nthenya, with whom he had eight biological children. But his family grew further.<\/p>\n

The inspiration to do more<\/h3>\n

One night in Nairobi, in 1986, as Mulli left his car for work, street urchins came to him, begging for money. He refused, worried about enabling substance abuse, and went his way. He came back later to find his car stolen. MCF shares that on that night his \u201cdebilitating past\u201d came back to him, and for three years, he couldn’t forget those children.<\/p>\n

In 1989, Mulli said<\/a> he \u201cdecided to give all and everything for the sake of the children who were suffering,\u201d he shared. From experience<\/a>, Mulli knew he was giving them life, saving them from starvation and violence, being forced into the sex trade, and possible suicide.<\/p>\n

He sold his entire business, and devoted all of his energy and resources to\u00a0helping street children through rescue, shelter, medical care, psychosocial support, and education. With a blend of compassion, forgiveness and a mission of hope, he began to usher the street children into his home, one by one. This was the birth of Mully Children\u2019s Family [MCF].<\/p>\n