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This hero refuses to abandon the orphans in the virus storm

08 April 2020 - 07:00 By Leonie Wagner
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Volunteer Jarrod Gallon is taking care of 30 children during the lockdown.
Volunteer Jarrod Gallon is taking care of 30 children during the lockdown.
Image: Alaister Russell

On his 20th birthday, the day the lockdown was announced, Jarrod Gallon could have left his post at a Joburg orphanage.

But he chose to stay with the 30 kids in his care, because ‘they need me more than I need to be comfortable at home’.

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