We've all seen a picture of a skinny African boy sipping mineral water, fed by a white woman named Anja Ringgren, and Anja saw such a poor boy and decided to adopt him, and now the little boy lives a very happy life, black and fat, and very talented in painting.
preface
Anja is a Danish girl, born in Frederikshavn in 1987, the family is very wealthy, after graduation Anjia chose to become a flight attendant, the dream is to travel the world. Not long after work, the family changes, the death of her mother, so that Anjia has no heart to work, painful she feels that life is short, decided to join the international rescue organization in 2002, to Marawi, Africa, to carry out volunteer assistance.
Anjia, who came to Africa, was greatly shocked after getting off the plane, and was mentally prepared, when he saw the yellow sand in the sky, a thin and helpless child, the psychological defense line could not be tightened, the local water resources were seriously scarce, and the food shortage made the children hungry and frozen for a long time, the real version of hell on earth.
African witch children
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with a population of more than 200 million and a GDP of $509.9 billion, but poverty remains the number one problem and one of the least secure countries in Africa. Nigeria's "witch children" prevalence, years of war, caused by poverty, so that many poor people can not eat, every three children have a malnutrition, according to the data, 38% of children are low in height, 28% of children are underweight, which will appear a lot of children such as "water boys".
Whenever there is a disaster or misfortune in the family, the priest will jump out and identify a child as a "witch child", the embodiment of the devil, and the family will throw the "witch child" out of the house. Priests used this practice to consolidate their authority, and there were more and more "witch children" on the street, and the locals believed that these children were very obscure, and the final end of the "witch children" was only a dead end.
acquaintance
In the decade since, Anjia has gone to Africa to participate in aid as soon as she has time, witnessing so many tragic lives, and in 2012, Anjia sold all her family property, set up a foundation, carried out her public welfare travel, online fundraising and media reports, which made many international organizations believe in Anjia and provide a lot of help.
In 2016, Anjia came to Nigeria, the houses here are made of mud and thatch, the small houses are crowded with men, women and children, children have no food, let alone school, picking up garbage in the garbage heap on the street, and throwing away broken tires are their best toys.
One day, Anjia was next to a garbage can, saw this skinny boy, naked, chapped lips, limping, Anjia saw it, took out mineral water, crouched down to feed the boy, the boy sucked in a big mouth, because he was hungry and had no strength, he couldn't grasp the water bottle, Anda held it until the boy was full.
Locals persuaded Anjia that the boy was a "witch boy" and that there would be bad luck if he was too close, but Anja ignored it and gave it to the boy before leaving. At the urging of her friends, Anjia had to leave, and before leaving, she looked back at her unashamedly, and it was this glance that connected the fates of the two.
The little boy was pushed to the ground by the person next to him, the boy cried wow, the biscuits protected by death were also snatched, the weak body was surrounded by mud, Anjia was also a mother, seeing this scene, she couldn't bear it anymore, Anda stepped forward to protect the boy.
The boy was taken back to the rescue base, bathed and changed clothes, the doctor rescued, the one-year-old boy was only 10 pounds, the height was only 50 centimeters, the doctor said that the boy was severely malnourished, and it was difficult to survive the disease.
During the boy's hospitalization, Anjia took meticulous care of the boy and snatched the boy from the hands of the god of death, the boy's health is getting better and better, and during the time spent together, Anja decided to adopt the boy and named it "Hope".
Subsequent
Little "Hope" likes to go to school very much, is also very smart, shows a very high talent in painting, Anjia takes good care of him, sends him to school, takes him to learn painting, little "Hope" paintings have been sold, and a steady stream of items are sent from all over the world to make Little Hope grow stronger.
Anjia's charity foundation allows more such children to have school and food. "Hope" has always been grateful after seeing the previous picture of himself, after all, Anjia has taken him away from that human purgatory.
In the end, every life is worthy of respect, and parents do not need to go through any exams to have children, which makes many children have an unfortunate life, resulting in various twisted psychology in adults.
Family education is always the top priority, and I hope that every child can have a happy childhood.