30th January 2016, a boy who could barely walk was seen on a dusty road the all by himself in a town known as Akwa Ibom. He looked awkward at first sight, he had unkempt hair, malnourished and on the brink of death.
The kid was branded a wizard by the people of the town and hence why he was on the street. He roamed across the lenght and breath of the town but had no one to care for him.
On that faithful day, Anja Ringgren Loven, a humanitarian aid worker found the poor boy and showed him great love despite him being branded a wizard and neglected by his family.
The picture of her feeding the boy on the street went viral and she was commended for a good job done on saving the life of an innocent child.
She took the boy in at the African Children’s Aid Education and Development Foundation ( ACAEDF – Land Of Hope ) where he was loved and treated with care and attention to survive in the world he lives in. She named him ” Hope ”
Anja has celebrated Hope by sharing beautiful pictures of him, looking all grown up with smiling face with the team who helped to raise him. She added that Hope is a bright kid and destined to live. He has defied all odds
Read her write up on her facebook page: