Remember the "water boy" in Africa?

On March 26th, 1993, the new york Times published a photo of Kevin. In the photo, the little girl Sudan is skinny, hungry, with her head down, waiting for death, and behind her is an eagle waiting for Sudan's death. It is such a realistic and cruel photo that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994, which can be said to be the Nobel Prize in photojournalism.

However, not long after winning the prize, Kevin committed suicide, because the Sudan died and public opinion accused him of not helping him. There are many such photos, such as a little boy who drowned in the process of smuggling and an African boy who died of thirst. This African boy is very lucky. He was finally adopted by a The Danish Girl. Now many years have passed. What is the present situation of this little boy?

In Nigeria, Africa, there is a custom that every time a newborn is born at home, a wizard will be invited to the home. If the wizard decides that the child is a witch child, the family will immediately abandon the child. Due to the harsh conditions in Africa, people there believe in witch gods and believe that witch children will bring disaster to their families.

20 14 Danish girl Lowen came to Nigeria with the volunteer team. At that time, she was distributing bread to local children. She saw a skinny child standing in the corner, his eyes full of weakness and survival. Loewen couldn't bear to see it, so he fed him some water. After feeding the boy food and water, Lowen continued to do his own thing, but a few days later, Lowen met the boy again in the street.

He rummaged in the trash can for food, and he was already very weak. Lowen asked the local residents to know that the child was abandoned by his family as a witch boy. Seeing the child so weak, many wounds were covered with insects. Lowen knew that the child would definitely die. After careful consideration, she decided to adopt the child.

After completing the formalities, she took the child to the hospital to treat the wound and named the child Hope, which sounded like hope and hoped that the child would be full of hope. Hope was only two years old at that time. Luowen took Hope back to Denmark, not only taking good care of his wounds, but also carefully matching his daily diet to help him slowly recover his nutrition and physical fitness.

Because Lowen already has a child, she is afraid that Hope will not adapt. She taught her children to treat hope as a younger brother and give them equal love. She sent Hope to school and taught him knowledge. At first, Hope was very wary of Lowen, but under the care of Lowen and his brother, Hope gradually adapted, became cheerful, got rid of the shadow in Africa and became a laughing child.

It's been six years now, because this incident caused great repercussions at that time, so I remember to find Lowen again and follow up with her. In the interview, Lowen said that hope is actually a gift from God, and hope has also left this country. I remember the children were surprised at that time. The thin little boy who was about to fall not only recovered well, but even gained a little weight than his peers, and he was not afraid of the camera at all, which should be attributed to Lowen.