Pictures show woman rescue a 2-yr-old boy accused of being a witch in Nigeria

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February 15, 2016 4:50 PM

A 2-year-old boy was left to fend for himself for eight months, living on food thrown to him by passersbys, after he was labelled a witch and shunned by his community.

Pictures show woman rescue a 2-yr-old boy accused of being a witch in Nigeria

Picture of a 2-year-old boy accused of being a witch and shunned by his community has gone viral.

The heartbreaking photos of Hope, 2 was posted on facebook by Anja Ringgren Lovén, founder of the African Children’s Aid Education and Development Foundation.

She wrote: ‘I’ve seen much here in Nigeria over the last 3 years.

‘I have spared you.. [from] many experiences when we’ve been on the rescue operations.

‘Thousands of children are being accused of being witches and we’ve both seen torture of children, dead children and frightened children.

‘This footage shows why I fight. Why I sold everything I own. Why I’m moving out in uncharted territory.’

Thankfully Hope is on the road to recovery.

Anja wrote two days later: ‘He is a strong little boy. To see him sit and play with my own son is without a doubt the greatest experience of my life.

‘I simply do not know how to describe it in words. This is what makes life so beautiful and valuable and I will let the pictures here speak for themselves.’

Ms Loven runs an children’s center where the children she saves live and received medical care, food and schooling.

She and her Nigerian husband, David Emmanuel Umem, began building their own orphanage in late January.

UPDATE: See beautiful pictures of 2-yr-old Nigerian boy ‘accused of being a witch’

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