After nearly 2 months of being cared for, baby Hope – who once made the world feel sorry for his skinny body due to starvation – is now plump and healthy.
Nearly two months ago, the world was shocked when it saw a photo of a 2-year-old boy in Nigeria, his body emaciated, just skin and bones, being given water by a woman. The boy had been living on trash for 8 months after being shunned and rejected by everyone for being a “witch”.
Feeling sorry for the boy’s situation, Anja Ringgren Lovén, a Danish volunteer, also the woman in the photo above, took him to the African Children’s Education and Development Fund (ACAEDF) which she founded 3 years ago to take care of him. The boy was later named Hope, meaning “Hope”.
Nearly two months after being adopted, on March 26, Lovén posted the latest photo of Hope on her personal Facebook account. In the photo, the adorable, chubby boy is happily sitting with his brothers and sisters at the ACAEDF center.
Lovén’s status reads: “Hypospadias is a congenital condition in which a baby is born with a low urethral opening, meaning the urinary tract does not open at the tip of the penis. The doctor who discovered Hope had this condition will perform surgery on him.
Since the doctors have performed this type of surgery many times, Hope will definitely be fine. As you can see, Hope is very happy and joyful when the 35 brothers and sisters at the center take care of him, play with him, give him a sense of security and receive a lot of love.”
According to the Huffington Post, Anja Ringgren Lovén and her husband, David Emmanuel Uwem, from Nigeria, decided to establish the African Children’s Education and Development Charity after she came to this country as a volunteer. Lovén said she wanted to help homeless and abandoned children who were considered witches.
“I went to Nigeria alone and saw children being tortured and beaten to the point of almost death just because people thought they were witches. They lived on the streets. That’s why I decided to sell all my assets in Denmark to come to Nigeria to take care of and support these children,” she once shared.
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