Nigerian ‘witch child’ Hope makes miraculous recovery, starts school

Heartbreaking images were shared on social media last year of

the Nigerian child from Akwa Ibom state, named Hope, who was
found severely skinny and wandering alone after being shunned
by his family and society.

A starving child who was blamed for witchcraft and abandoned
by his family has made an astonishing recovery after being
rescued by a humanitarian aid worker from Denmark Anja
Ringgren Lovén.


The picture of poor child is being given a sip of water by an aid
worker from Denmark broke hearts around the world when it was
published in January last year.

The Nigerian boy from Akwa Ibom state was abandoned by his family
because they thought he was a witch.

Just two months after being rescued by the aide worker Hope has
made an astonishing recovery.