Ciro Muiruri on the story that brought her daughter home

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Ciro’s remarkable life story is a true definition of resilience. Her journey includes growing up as an AIDS orphan in one of Kenya’s toughest slums, surviving an attempted homicide, the abduction of her 8-year-old daughter, and eventually seeking asylum in Canada. Today, Ciro’s extraordinary story of transforming her own life from being a homeless refugee, starting a new life from scratch, to leading Pendo International Projects, a Canadian Charity that builds schools in Kenya, impacting the lives of more than 300 families annually, is the inspiration behind her bold mission to teach others that it is possible to do the same.

She continues to reinvent herself as a highly sought-after speaker, sharing her life experiences to inspire and stir her audience to action while leveraging the art of storytelling with passion. Ciro is also an educator for human rights and serves as a board member in organizations such as Sojourn House Refugee Shelter in Toronto. In 2022, Ciro received the prestigious Echoing Green Global Fellowship.

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Takeaways

Coping often gets a bad name. But in Ciro's case, while she pined, mourned, hoped, and prayed for a breakthrough in finding her daughter, Ciro learned to snowboard, became a snowboarding champion, founded Pendo International, and built a school in Kenya with room for 700 children. That's such an amazing way to cope with some of the muck the world throws at us.