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Beatrice
Both Beatrice's parents died and she lived with her grandparents and her four brothers and sisters for a while. It was a struggle for the grandparents to feed all the children. Beatrice has lived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania since 2009. She enjoys school and her studies. She did well on her Grade 7 national exam with all A's and B's. In class Beatrice is quiet, cooperative, and focused. Beatrice is also an excellent tennis player. She works hard at all she does. Beatrice loves to read in her spare moments. She is also enjoying being in the girl's honor cottage for the Grade 7 and 8 girls. In this cottage she is a positive leader and a help to her mother in the garden and with the chickens.
DOB: Nov 26, 2003
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