‘I found God in a refugee camp and now I rescue cursed children’
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Emma Fowle2021-10-25T10:18:00
When Argaw Ayele fled famine and war in Ethiopia to start a new life in Europe, he never dreamed that God would send him back to rescue children deemed as cursed by their tribes
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