Backpacker became mum of nine at 22 and her family is thriving 10 years on

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A woman has told how she became a mother to nine orphans overnight at the age of just 22. ‌

Letty McMaster had been on a volunteering trip in Tanzania with plans to spend one month helping out at an orphanage, then continue her travels around the world. However, things took a turn when the orphanage she volunteered at closed down, leaving nine children with nowhere to go. ‌

Letty, however, stepped in and became their legal guardian . She fundraised £4,000 to rent a house and moved them all in, hiring a chef and guard to keep them safe. ‌

Now aged 32, Letty is the founder of Street Children Iringa , a charity that supports over 100 vulnerable youths a year. What started as a short stint of volunteering evolved into a decade-long battle against a bro