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One of my biggest dreams, of course, never having met my father, was to actually have a father

— Chido Govera

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"I learned to redefine myself regardless of what happened to me when I was a kid, I've been able to reclaim myself. This is something that's required for every individual. We are not what happened to us."

You realise that if you can work, you can actually get there step by step, you can put food on your plate

I don't think I would be doing what I'm doing now in Zimbabwe if I didn't believe there is a possibility for a change

"People don't see what they have, they're busy looking at what they don't have and worrying about how they can get there, and yet when they start by appreciating what they have, then their lives will be different and their goal in life will not be to project what they don't have and to use it to define themselves when they can learn to define themselves by what they have."

I've been able to reclaim myself. This is something that's required for every individual. We are not what happened to us

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