When charity worker Anja Ringgren stumbled upon Hope on the streets of Nigeria in January 2015, the two- year- old seemed barely alive. Naked, abandoned, and starving, he could hardly keep his frail figure upright.
Something human in Anja compelled her to approach the miserable heap of flesh and bones and offer the little boy some water to drink. A little more of her kindness saw her taking the starving child to a hospital, where she learned the sad history of the abandoned two- year- old: believed to be a witch, the boy had been forsaken by his family- a practice not so unusual to many people in Nigeria.
Our little fellow, however, was lucky enough to meet Anja, unlike many other children in Nigeria who are deserted by their families under the blight of superstition. And with Anja, the little boy, who was just days away from death found a new haven, and (not to forget) a new name: Hope.
And since love and kindness are believed to have worked miracles even when the world is at its darkest, eight weeks from being adopted by Anja, little Hope looked nothing like a dying skeletal figure on Nigerian streets. Have a look for yourself:
Something human in Anja compelled her to approach the miserable heap of flesh and bones and offer the little boy some water to drink. A little more of her kindness saw her taking the starving child to a hospital, where she learned the sad history of the abandoned two- year- old: believed to be a witch, the boy had been forsaken by his family- a practice not so unusual to many people in Nigeria.
Our little fellow, however, was lucky enough to meet Anja, unlike many other children in Nigeria who are deserted by their families under the blight of superstition. And with Anja, the little boy, who was just days away from death found a new haven, and (not to forget) a new name: Hope.
And since love and kindness are believed to have worked miracles even when the world is at its darkest, eight weeks from being adopted by Anja, little Hope looked nothing like a dying skeletal figure on Nigerian streets. Have a look for yourself:
Beautiful, isn't he? Well, all thanks to Anja and her husband, Hope found a new life in this world. Moreover, following the miraculous blossoming of Hope, Anja and her husband decided to look for more such children who are abandoned to slowly fade away without an yidentity, or food or water in merciless conditions where only a few pay heed.
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