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Masiyiwa also funds the Capernaum Trust, a Zimbabwe-registered Christian charity that sponsors scholarships and medical assistance for over 28, 000 orphaned Zimbabwean children.
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The trail ends just 2km southeast of the Mount of Beatitudes in Capernaum, a large fishing village at the time of Jesus and said to be the home of Saint Peter.
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He and his wife, Tsitsi Masiyiwa, founded and currently fund the Capernaum Trust, a Zimbabwe-registered Christian charity that sponsors scholarships and medical assistance for over 28, 000 orphaned Zimbabwean children.
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Travellers can explore the ruins of two ancient limestone synagogues, a modern Catholic church built over a 5th-century octagonal church known as St Peter's House and the spectacular pink-domed Orthodox Church of Capernaum.
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Variations of place names for Nazareth (sometimes called Natzrat or Nazara), Capernaum (Kapharnaum) and Tzippori (Sepphoris) appear in biblical texts and in the Talmud, an ancient Jewish rabbinical scripture written in Hebrew and Aramaic.
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The ten students make up the first class of the Ambassador Andrew Young International Scholars program, a newly-established scholarship program which is founded and funded by Capernaum Trust, a Christian charity which Masiyiwa funds.
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