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She was abandoned by roadside as a baby in Kenya, today she’s back in Africa as a therapist
In 1995, two British missionaries stationed in Kenya found a newborn abandoned in a bag on the side of the road. They took her to an orphanage before adopting her and taking her back to London when she was 10. Today, that child, named Becky Chaplin, is 30 years old and volunteering as an occupational…
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She was abandoned by roadside as a baby in Kenya, today she’s back in Africa as a therapist
In 1995, two British missionaries stationed in Kenya found a newborn abandoned in a bag on the side of the road. They took her to an orphanage before adopting her and taking her back to London when she was 10. Today, that child, named Becky Chaplin, is 30 years old and volunteering as an occupational…
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