Growing up as an orphan, Tem decides to build an orphanage in his community to provide education and shelter for children. One morning, they find an abandoned miserable child at the gate and name her Mbong. She is loved by all as she is fast becoming an adorable, intelligent, cheerful and lively girl. Years pass and the population increases, financial difficulties set in and worst of it is the outbreak of a waterborne disease. Many infected children, including Mbong are rushed to the hospital, but the doctors are unmoved by the situation. Mbong and the other children finally succumb to the disease, leaving the orphanage in grief and lamentation.