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No limbs but plenty of spirit

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Having no limbs has proved no barrier to success for the inspirational Josephina Johannes, who is determined to get an education and become a teacher.
Johannes was born at Eengodi in the Oshikoto Region with an extremely rare generic condition called Tetra-amelia syndrome which results in the limbs not developing properly in the womb.
She is one of nine children, and her siblings do not suffer from the condition.
At the age of six, Johannes can already write the letters of the alphabet and numbers while holding a pen with the tips of her elbows.
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