Vaweka was born in about 1948.[1] She was brought up in small village near Lake Albert where her father's business was fish. She had a carefree childhood and she went to the Sisters of Mary Ingelmunster's school in the city of Bunia which is the capital of Ituri province.[1]
She was to have six of her own children and a good number of grandchildren, but she also adopted more. She took on about thirty children and some of those she adopted had been child soldiers[1] in the violence that was endemic in her country.[2]
Her achievements have been lauded by the United Narions and her face was displayed as part of a UN "Peace Begins with Her" campaign, outside the UK headquarters in New York in 2023.[6]
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