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How Awinjo House Was Started In 2007, Papa Ken had severe malaria and was admitted to a clinic for two days. It was there that he met Awinjo Joyce. This girl was 16 years old and full height, but only weighed 67 pounds. She was saved and sang in her church choir, but her stomach was bloated and lumpy. Papa Ken took took her for an ultrasound, and was with her when the doctor found large masses in her abdomen that were affecting her liver, kidneys, and spleen. The doctor was positive that it was lymphoma. For the next week Papa Ken took Awinjo and her mother to various doctors and labs for tests, and the best diagnosis was advanced lymphoma, which is cancer in the lymph system. The treatment is chemotherapy, which Awinjo could not survive in her weakened condition, and no one could afford it anyway. She was born out of wedlock and her father abandoned the situation. Her mother then got married to another man who sent Awinjo to live with her grandmother. She had been staying with t

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