Emma Thompson & Greg Wise | Tindyebwa

In 2003, Emma Thompson and Greg Wise welcomed Tindyebwa to their home. They met him at a refugee council event. When the 16-year-old Rwandan refugee and former child soldier was invited for Christmas, he grew closer to the couple and together they formed a family. Although Thompson and Wise have a biological daughter named Gaia, it did not interfere with them seeing Rwandan’s potential.

“He’s a remarkable boy. He’s had more misery than hopefully any of us will have to put up with,” Wise told Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine. He noted that it has given Rwandan an incredible degree of willingness to be of help to others. Despite the number of hardships that the boy has gone through, his perseverance in life will surely be worth emulating, and it’s all thanks to the parenting style and generosity of the heart by Thompson and Wise.