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Why I am in love with Africa, Korean lady

Chag Ok-Lee, the Korean lady philanthropist who has distributed hundreds of singer sewing machines to Kibra residents, during the interview in Nairobi recently.

When I found 67-year-old Chang Ok Lee, a Korean national, at a baptism ceremony in the traditional Roho Israel Church in Kibera, my interest was piqued. What was a South Korean national doing at the baptism of a one-year-old baby at the heart of Kibera slums?

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