Testimonies - Polish Refugees in Africa

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Maria Gabiniewicz - Maria Gabiniewicz

Jozefa (Kasznia) Kapera - Route from Tengeru to UK

Jozefa explains the roundabout trip that the orphans took from Tengeru, Tanzania to London, England.

Jozefa (Kasznia) Kapera - Start of School in Masindi

Jozefa describes how they attended school in the open air, and had no supplies, before the school, church and hospital were built.

Jozefa (Kasznia) Kapera - Orphans all treated for Tracoma by Dr Sadoski

Jozefa describes how all the orphans had Tracoma (eye disease) by the time they reached Masindi. Dr. Sadoski recognized the symptoms and managed to treat them all.

Maria Gabiniewicz - Arriving to Africa

Maria Gabiniewicz - Church in Africa

Sławomir Jerzy Sadowski - Fates of the deported family

Sławomir Jerzy Sadowski - Outdshoorn and further fates in Africa

Teresa (Pyrska) Kosierb - Children in Africa

Explaining how the children were carefree and unconcerned with the worries of the adults, and how they would eat what they found growing wild in the jungle.

Maria (Kapera) Cendrowska - Entertainment and hunger in Tengeru

Describing how they would put on plays in Tengeru. Also how they would attend the screening of a film every two weeks. And how the children were always hungry.

Maria (Kapera) Cendrowska - Lake swimming in Tengeru

Describing how there were different days for boys and for girls to swim, so that they were never in the lake together.

Testimonies – Polish Refugees in Africa