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Dilleachdain Gemma/Gemma's Orphans

Three-part documentary profile of young humanitarian Gemma Steele

Three-part documentary profile of young humanitarian Gemma Steele as she builds a new orphanage in Kenya

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Young humanitarian Gemma Steele begins building her new orphanage in Kenya.

Documentary following Glasgow student Gemma Steele who, having set up one orphanage in Kenya, is now orchestrating the building of another, hoping to provide beds for 40 children.

Aig dìreach 23 bliadhna a dh' aois, tha uallach aig an oileanach Gemma Steele à Glaschu - a bhuannaich an duais airson 'Unsung Hero' aig Duaisean 'Young Scot' 2014 - son cor 25 pàiste san taigh dhìlleachdan a thog i ann an Nakuru, Kenya. Le taic ionmhais agus cuideachadh practaigeach bho mhuinntir Uibhist, dh' fhosgail Dachaigh Chloinne St Jerome's a thog Gemma na deugaire, ann
an 2012. Tha e na dhachaigh ghràdhach dha clann eadar 4 agus 18 bliadhn' a dh' aois a bhiodh air na sràidean, às aonais. Sealladh togarrach agus tlachdmhor air boireannach òg air leth a tha air earbs' dhìlleachdan agus spèis muinntir na h-Alba a chosnadh, agus sinn ga leantainn air slighe pròiseict ùir. Leanaidh sinn Gemma na h-amas gus an dàrna dachaigh shònraichte aice a stèidheachadh ann an Kenya - agus a' bhuidheann air dhreach daonnachd, Orkidstudio, à Glaschu ga thogail dhith - le leapannan airson 40 dìlleachdan agus rùm ann airson leudachadh. An dèan iad a' chùis ge-tà crìoch a chur air an togalach san ùine a' ruith 's gun ach ochd seachdainean aca?

Dìlleachdain Gemma - sgeulachd dhrùidhteach agus bhuaidheil mun dà chuid nighean, agus 2 choimearsnachd eadar-dhealaichte ann an Alba agus Kenya.

At just 23 years old, Glasgow student Gemma Steele - who won the 2014 Young Scot Unsung Hero Award - is responsible for the wellbeing of 25 children at the orphanage she built in Nakuru, Kenya. Supported financially and practically by the people of Uist, St Jerome's Children's Home, which Gemma began building as a teenager, opened in 2012 and offers a loving home to children aged 4 to 18 who would otherwise be on the streets.

MacTV profiles this remarkable young humanitarian from South Uist, who has won the trust of orphans and the admiration of Scots countrywide, as she undertakes her latest project. We follow Gemma in Kenya as her new orphanage is built by Glasgow-based humanitarian design organisation Orkidstudio - providing beds for 40 children and with the space to expand.

Can they ensure the build is on track to completion within its tight eight-week deadline?

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