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Josie Adnitt & Daniel Smith

Meet Brit who visited Tanzania as a teen and never left

Meet the British woman who visited Tanzania as a teen and never left - and now lives with a brood of seven children. Claire Upshall, now 33, adopted four orphans into her care in 2018 after first travelling to East Africa in 2009.

Since then she has had two biological children - and adopted another. Claire lives in the East African country and says the family survives on sponsorship and help from friends.

They all live in a property with a large garden - which she hopes to make self-sufficient. Claire said: “I just think all children deserve to be in a family so just the fact they have the love of a family is massive.

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