"Let Africa not be synonymous with hunger": Junin native Federico Capelli went to Uganda to do missionary work, but there he decided

Published 2025년 9월 24일

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"I already had my screen printing business in Junín, but I dreamed of going to Africa to assist the poorest people, with food, medicine, and more – begins the story of the 33-year-old from Buenos Aires, Federico Capelli, about his charitable adventures. My mom knew a couple who were in South Africa doing humanitarian work and I contacted them. In 2014, I gathered money for the ticket and traveled to Bethlehem for two months in that country. Since I liked it, they offered to extend my stay for another 6 months and I stayed." "I met Belén, the daughter of the couple, and we became friends – continues 'Fede' in his story. Suddenly, we all went to visit Uganda and saw that it was a country that needed us more, because it had gone through many wars. That's how, in 2016, we decided to move to that impoverished country, where I started dating Belén, until we got married and did so in Argentina." "Later we had Isaiah, who at 5 years old is now fully integrated with the Ugandan children, ...

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