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Dedicated: Peter Tyrer worked tirelessly to help impoverished children in Africa
The head of a British charity has been killed while on a mission to Kenya.
Peter Tyrer died in a head-on car crash during one of his frequent visits to the country to help its impoverished children on behalf of the African Children's Fund.
The 64-year-old was the Chief Executive Officer of the Oxford-based charity set up to feed and clothe children so they can go to school.
The father-of-two also aimed to help girls get an education in the African countries of Kenya, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. The five-year-old charity also helps refugees in Uganda.
The charity runs five shops in Oxfordshire to raise money for their projects and Mr Tyrer was also a fundraising director for Oxfam.
He was killed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Friday.
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