Hace 4 años este niño africano estaba así, y ahora

En enero de 2016, la historia del pequeño niño africano Hope conmovió al mundo cuando se viralizó su foto donde se lo ve desnudo y recibiendo agua.

Hope el niño africano que en ese entonces tenia 2 años de edad, se encontraba deambulando en una aldea de Nigeria al ser abandonado por sus propios padres, al estos tener la creencia de que era brujo, algo común en algunas zonas de África.

Luego de ser abandonado el niño africano caminaba sin rumbo alguno, hasta que fue encontrado por Anja Ringgren Lovén, la mujer de la foto y quien se convertiría en su madre.

Según Anja, en dialogo con el portal en diálogo con el portal nigeriano Vanguard, quien tiene una fundación para niños abandonados en ese continente, empezó en el año 2008, cuando se encontró con un documental llamado “Los niños brujos de África”, el cual le mostró la cruda realidad sobre niños abandonados, torturados y asesinados por superstición.

En el 2012 inició con la fundación “Land of Hope” (tierra de esperanza) y ha ayudado a más de 100 menores que están en condiciones deplorables. Incluso, a muchos de ellos los adopta ella misma.

En una foto compartida en su cuenta de Instagram, Anja Ringgren Lovén, publicó a Hope cuatro años después de su rescate y su proceso ha sido sorprendente.

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Today is the 30 of January 2020, and today is exactly 4 years ago we rescued Hope. I think most people in the world has seen or heard about the famous picture of Hope and I, where I kneel down in front of his starving malnourished body to give him water. I don´t want to share the picture today. Instead I want to share pictures of Hope how he looks like today, 4 years after the rescue. A very strong, intelligent, funny and beautiful young boy who despite all odds, survived ! Hope has seen the famous picture of him and I many times. He will point at himself to say that it’s him on the picture, and then he will smile, as if he was proud. But I know it’s not about pride. Children are born with the ability to forgive. Children are born with no prejudices. It is when children are taught what to think and not how to think, we fail as a society. Do we raise Hope to hate his parents that abandoned him, accused him of being a witch and left him alone on the street to die ? No, ofcourse not. Superstition is caused by lack of structural education, extreme poverty, religious fanaticism and corruption. No society can develop if it’s people are deprived basic human rights such as access to education, health care and social protection. Education is the most powerful investment in a society and the greatest weapon against ignorance. Like all our 74 children, Hope goes to school every day. School is the foremost fountain of knowledge children can be exposed to. Despite his young age, and after 4 years in our care, Hope knows that hate is to great a burden to bear. All we need is love ❤️ As I have said many times before, Hope was not rescued by only me. Hope was rescued by @davidumem @nsidibeorok and I, and for 4 years now he has been loved, protected and cared for by all our staff and children at Land of Hope. Look at my Hopiiiiii 😍 Is he not just the most handsome boy in the world ? 😍 #hope #rescue #childrights #childrennotwitches #landofhope #education #socialprotection #healthcare #love #development #nigeria #humanity #africa #progress #enlightment #lovenothate #ignorance #humanrights #protection #childrenareourfuture

Una publicación compartida de Anja Ringgren Lovén (@landofhope) el 30 Ene, 2020 a las 6:10 PST