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  • My duty to serve the country (Talented Ghananian orphan says "Thank you" by joining British Army)

    12/31/2008 11:35:09 AM PST · by Stoat · 8 replies · 955+ views
    The Sun (U.K.) ^ | December 30, 2008
      Ghanaian orphan ... Paul Apowida My duty to serve the country   Published: 30 Dec 2008     AN orphan has joined the British Army to repay the country that saved his life. Ghanaian Paul Apowida was sent to a boarding school and later college by UK charity Afrikids. He had been brought up in an orphanage after being rescued by a nun when his stepmum tried to poison him. Now rifleman Paul, 23, has joined the 1st Infantry Training Battalion in Catterick, North Yorks, to pay the debt he feels he owes. The talented artist, who recently...