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Living in the dark hasn't dimmed our dreams

Diana Yatich, 32, works at Safaricom, she lost her eyesight when she was five years old.

Diana Yatich, 32, works at Safaricom, she lost her eyesight when she was five years old.

I used to love nature and watching the stars. Then one afternoon, I lost my sight completely. I was five years old, seated outside with my mother. The last thing I remember seeing was the huge tree outside my mother’s house that we used to play under. This was in 1991.

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