A 2-year-old Nigerian boy who was abandoned by his family receives a bath from aid workers.
Desperately emaciated, the 2-year-old boy could barely stand as he thirstily gulped water from a bottle.
The
boy was abandoned by his family, who accused him of being a witch,
according to the aid worker who found him in Uyo, southeast Nigeria.
Danish
aid worker Anja Ringgren Loven says the boy, whom she calls Hope, had
been living on the streets and survived on scraps from passersby.
When she found him, she says, he was riddled with worms and had to have daily blood transfusions to revive him.
"Thousands
of children are being accused of being witches and we've both seen
torture of children, dead children and frightened children," she wrote in Danish on Facebook, as she appealed for funds to pay for food, medical bills and schooling.
Loven is the founder of African Children's Aid Education and Development Foundation, which she created to rescue children labeled as witches.
Posting
on her Facebook page on February 12, Loven says: "Hope is getting so
much better. Already gaining a lot of weight and looking so much more
healthy. Now we only need him to talk.
"But that will come naturally when he is out of the hospital and starting his life among all our children.
"Children become stronger together."
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