After finishing secondary school in her native Zimbabwe, Colletta Dalikeni says she was unsure about exactly what she wanted to do so she decided to volunteer at a local leprosy colony.
“The people who lived there were very disabled they either didn’t have limbs or other parts of their bodies. I would just see if they wanted me to cut the vegetables for them. Some of them were blind, so I’d just go and sit under a tree and start reading them stories.
“I learned to play guitar, and sometimes I would go under a tree and just play some songs, and the other ones who could hear in the neighbourhood would crawl their way to where the music was and start singing.”
Dalikeni found working there challenging but fulfilling. While working there she went to a talk about L’Arche communities around the world.
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