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Eliud Mungai's wife passed away three days after the birth of their son, the fourth born. Eliud was left with three girls and a newborn son to take care of. That was 16 years ago.

"When we knew that my wife had cancer, she was four months pregnant, we had to decide between taking care of her cancer or the child, a difficult choice, but my wife made it simple by choosing to care for the unborn baby," says Eliud.

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