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Luisa Mazinter |
Alice Vosloo is a 24-year-old blogger from Johannesburg. What makes Alice's story special is that she was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at the age of two, and has lived with the disease ever since. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary disease that affects the mucous glands of the lungs, liver, pancreas and intestines, and causes frequent lung infections, progressive disability and in many or even most cases, an early death. Alice's CF eventually made her dependent Read more .. |
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* not her real name 3 July day was just like any other day for Lynn*. she got up and washed prepared her 3 year old daughter for prep school. As she was eating her cereal she noticed as she always does since Mandy* was born how beautiful she is. Mandy was a child of luck, blessing and totally unplanned. You see L had a chronic illness that needed special attention from her doctors Read more .. |
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Jo Duxbury is a young business owner from Cape Town, who spotted a problem in her industry and found a way to build a creative and successful business based on its solution. Jo runs Freelancentral (www.freelancentral.co.za), a website that allows companies to search through a database of quality South African freelancers with a range of skills, and gives freelancers – who often struggle to market themselves – a simple way to find new Read more .. |
| Joan Baez was born in Staten Island, New York. Her father was a physicist, born in Mexico, and her mother of Scottish and English descent. She grew up in New York and California, and when her father took a faculty position in Massachusetts, she attended Boston University and began to sing in coffeehouses and small clubs. Bob Gibson invited her to attend the 1959 Newport Folk Festival where she was a hit. Vanguard Records Read more .. |