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Do you remember this picture of a boy drinking water?
▲ Boy drinking water
Eight years ago, in 2013, Danish girl Anja traveled to Africa with friends. It is a paradise close to nature for tourists, there is no destruction of industrial development, the customs here still maintain the ecological atmosphere of primitive tribes, deserts, grasslands, savage Africans, all this makes Anja excited, she and her friends keep pressing the shutter, photographing the scenery and human feelings of Nigeria, until a child comes into Anja's eyes.
It was a boy as thin as a matchstick, with a small body like a baby, a matchstick-like body with a large head on it, looking crumbling. Anja couldn't resist getting closer, feeding the child water, while her friend took this picture that shook the world around the world— the boy drinking the water.
After feeding the water, Anja left cookies and food for the little boy, but as soon as Anja turned around, a stronger child came to grab the cookie, the 2-year-old was too young to stop the other party's casual squeeze, and after the cookie was snatched, he could only sit on the ground and cry.
Anja, who was about to leave, could no longer take a step, she opened the blanket, took this weak life in her arms, and decided to take care of his life before leaving Africa.
▲ Tragic African "witch boy"
In this pristine and vast land of Africa, many feudal superstitions have not been cracked, and many backward villages still believe in the legend of "witch children". When a baby is born and something bad happens in the family, the baby is considered a "witch boy" and is driven away by the family because he will bring disaster.
This was the case with the boy who drank the water, who was judged to be a "witch boy" when he was more than one year old, driven away by his parents, and could only survive by picking up garbage, and after a long eight months, the original young body became more dry, his limbs were small, as if a layer of skin was wrapped around the skeleton, and the two-year-old was so weak that he could die at any time.
Fortunately, he meets Anja, a Danish girl who brings hope for life.
In Anja's plan, she intends to take care of the boy only for a while, but as the two spend more time together, Anja's maternal love is stimulated, and she decides to adopt the child and name him "Hope", which means hope, representing new life.
And this photo of the boy drinking water, as soon as it was sent, caused a shock in the world, netizens around the world began to pay attention to Hope's situation, and Anja, with the support of everyone, also made a greater decision, that is, to build a welfare home to take in "witch children" to help children with the same experience.
▲ Comparison of boys drinking water
As Hope's health improved, Anja once again took him back to the place where he met, compared to the weakness of the skin and bones before, now Hope is obviously healthy, and he has a lot of flesh on his face, looking a lot fatter than the average child, which makes people look very relieved. You can tell he's well taken care of by Anja.
"Come, let's take another picture."
At Anja's suggestion, Hope posed in the same pose as before, and they finally completed the road of respect for life: only to see the same composition, Hope wearing neat and clean clothes, Anja's expression is no longer solemn and sad, she looks at Hope with a smile, and the whole photo is warm and makes countless netizens cry.
Especially when compared with the previous photo, people lament the impact of this contrast, can save a child's life, which most of us dare not imagine, and Anja did it, and the follow-up is more than the support of countless netizens to save more children, which shows that kindness can be condensed, and people's strength is endless.
Have you ever seen this water drinking boy? May all the children of the world be able to grow up healthily.
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