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Gabriella Vonwald: Philanthropist giving the poor free education, transforming housing in Kilifi

Newly built houses for locals by Gabriella. [Courtesy,Standard]

In 2006, a tourist with a golden heart came face to face with grinding poverty. So deeply moved was she by the plight of local neglected widows in Kilifi that Gabriella Vonwald went back to her home, Austria, with plans to better their life.

She mobilised funds and founded the Gapeka Children’s Hope Centre to address the challenges she had encountered.

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