6/10/2023 0 Comments Finding Chika by Mitch Albom![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, Chika became a permanent part of their lives, as they embarked on a two-year, around-the-world journey to find a cure. Mitch and Janine took Chika to America, hoping that treatment there would enable her to go back home. But at age five, Chika was suddenly diagnosed with a terminal disease that no doctor in Haiti could help with. Brave and self-assured, even as a three-year-old, she delighted the other kids and teachers. She spent her infancy in extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to the Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Mitch and his wife, Janine operate.Ĭhika's arrival made a quick impression. Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. ![]()
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