Ellen awards Kenyan recognised as kindest abroad

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How many times has your character ever rewarded you in life? You might wan’t to take your good qualities seriously after you find out how host celebrity known for generosity in giving gifts has touched the life of  a Kenyan.

American TV show host Ellen had received a video sent to her by Lawrence, a Certified Registered Nurse (CNA) who helps old people, where he told the TV show of how much he loved Ellen and admired her kindness.

Ellen Degeneres surprised the Kenyan while on her show for his acts of kindness that saw him voted employee of the month and also most kind.

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The man only identified as Lawrence was handed a Sh2.5 million reward and a bunch of other gifts as he starts college in the US.

Popular talk show host, Ellen Degeneres, changed the life of a Kenyan man living in the United States after giving him $25,ooo which is about Ksh 2.5 million.

There was also a laptop, headphones, T shirt and socks among others in a box for Lawrence to walk away with home

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Lawrence told Ellen that he left Kenya for the American dream at the age of 19. A teenager then, Lawrence noted that when he first got to New Jersey, others made fun of his skin colour and his African accent but that did not deter him.

He is now a licensed nurse working with the old. He has been voted by his colleagues as one of the kindest people in the residence.

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The Kenyan also stated that he works a 16 hour shift every single day so as to help pay school fees for his siblings; his sister is in college and his younger brother in high school.

Earlier on in the year, Ellen and her wife Portia de Rossi stopped at the Giraffe Manor in Nairobi while on their way to Rwanda for the wildlife fund’s first project.

They were building a permanent home for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund for the wild, endangered gorillas of Rwanda.

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