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UNBELIEVABLE STATSKELVIN'S STORYWHAT IS OLR?
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"It used to be too cold to sleep a lot of the time, so I am very happy about my blanket,” says
eager, smiling four-year-old Kisa Magasege. “I can sleep easily now, without worrying about
the cold.”

Kisa recently received her beloved blanket from One Life Revolution, and
she knows she has a One Life participant to thank for the warming gift.

“This blanket comes from far away in a village called America,” she
confidently explains. “Someone there sent me this blanket because they
know I am a poor girl and I can’t afford to get one myself.” She goes on,
weaving imaginative fantasies about what this ‘village’ called America
might be like, happy to chirp like a songbird so long as anyone will listen.

Kisa has been living with her grandparents since her mother died of
AIDS-related diseases when she was just four months old. “When it’s
cold here you need something to keep you warm – you can’t just use a
kitenge [light cotton wrap]. At least with the blanket given by One Life Revolution I can be
sure Kisa is snug and warm.” says Kisa's grandmother.
       
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