A 71 year-old woman from Southern Africa has just been rewarded by a billionaire after she walked ten miles to donate clothing and kitchen supplies to those who were impacted by a recent cyclone.

Plaxedes Dilon, known as Gogo Magombo, is a woman who wakes up at 4am each day to walk long distances selling clothes. After returning home from a long and exhausting day of work, she learned of a cyclone disaster over her radio, and she immediately got back on her tired feet to help out.

“I immediately packed the clothes and jackets that I earlier purchased for resell and carried my bag to Star FM the following morning,” Magombo explained.

“This gogo had no 50c for combi, walked the whole way from Mbare to Highlands just to donate her pots to give to people in chimanimani,” Highlands Presbyterian Church stated in a social media post.

Telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, the eighth richest person in Africa, was so touched by Magombo’s generosity that he announced that he will be building her a home because “she gave more than us all.”

“This is the biblical ‘widow’s mite’,” Masiyiwa continued on Facebook. “What she did is one of the most remarkable acts of compassion I have ever seen. When this is over, I’m going to find her, and invite her to come and see me, if possible. Then I will spend time in prayer with her. Then I will build her a house, anywhere she wants in Zimbabwe. It will have solar power and running water. Then I will give her a monthly allowance of $1,000 for life.”

We’re so glad to see this amazing woman get rewarded for her incredible act of kindness!

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