meet tediu
A.K.A. The Miracle Child
Tediu was born weighing 1.5kg.
His grandmother has raised him since birth. Not having enough $ to stay in NICU, she took him home and
created her own incubator and kept him alive.
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14 years later, Tediu is a healthy boy with an incredibly bright future ahead of him.
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His grandmother has the purest heart and is his rock.
Her only job has been small scale farming; planting, weeding and digging for other people. Now having arthritis and also having to take care of Tediu’s mother who has been extremely ill for 2 decades, times are extremely tough.
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Anecdote: Current Heshima student Collins used to hustle to feed himself and his siblings as a total orphan living alone when his parents died.
Tediu’s grandma, a distant neighbour, used to rescue him from abuse and share the little food she had with him and his family.
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Tediu inherited his grandmother’s goodness, ingenuity & strength.
He is a wonderful human being whom once supported, can break through all obstacles that obscure his bigger picture.
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We would love nothing more than help Tediu power through every barrier that has ever stood in his way.