Bedola

Bedola

My name is Bedola. We are seven children, I am the sixth child in our family. The first child finished until Form three and married, she is a farmer, and then we remain only six children who all depend to our parents. Our house is just a simple one with two rooms. In...
Sr. Margie

Sr. Margie

Hello, I am Sister Margie. I serve at the Sisters of Mary World Villages for Children Boystown in Dodoma, Tanzania, where we recently enrolled our first class of 160 boys. We are building a Boystown that will serve and educate approximately 325 children by 2025. I was...
Sr. Bernadeth

Sr. Bernadeth

Hello! I’m Sr. Bernadeth Salvador. I currently serve at the Sisters of Mary World Villages for Children, Girlstown in Kisarawe, Tanzania – near Dar es Salaam. Before I came here, I was a Mother Sister in Girlstown in Cebu, Philippines. In Kisarawe, we care for...
Sr. Vaileth

Sr. Vaileth

Hello, I am Sr. Vaileth Kahitabusha Willibard.  I am a postulant serving as a Mother Sister for the Sisters of Mary World Villages for Children Girlstown in Dar es Saalam, Tanzania. We currently take care of almost 800 young girls here. We are currently adding new...
Cristina

Cristina

My name is Christina. I am 15 years old.  I come from Dodoma. I am the second born of 5 children of a very poor family. I was abandoned by my parents when I was 5 years old due to a very bad condition. We are not having food in the table and permanent place to live...

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