Born in Innsbruck, Austria, to Marianne and Jacob Bruni, Prean experienced a difficult childhood during the Second World War. Her father, an insurance broker, was drafted into military service, leaving the family to endure hardship in his absence. Prean later recalled childhood experiences marked by hunger, loneliness, fear and insecurity. For thousands of vulnerable Ugandan children, … Continue reading Gone Too Soon: Maama Maria Prean, the Austrian Mother Who Gave Thousands of Ugandan Children a Future