On Sunday, a Danish woman, Anja Ringgren Loven, a Philanthropist an
founder of African Children's Aid Education and Development Foundation (
ACAEDF) who lives with her partner and son in Uyo rescued a little boy
who had been abandoned by his family because they claimed he was a
'witch'. She took him into her care, fed him, gave him clothes and he is
currently receiving some medical attention. This was what she shared on
her Facebook page.
Today she gave an update on the boy whom she named Hope.
We should be proud to be Danes. We are a loving people and we're taking
good care of each other. We are always together when there is need our
help. When natural disasters hit, famine ravaging and civil wars
devastate affects us deeply. We Danes are among the world's most
generous. We are the best to donate money to charity, help others and do
volunteer work. More than every other of us Danes gives money to
charity and help people we don't know. And we must be proud!
Right now we danes hung out in the foreign media.
Incorrect or not, media account certainly not the true picture of US
DANES. For when it comes to love there are no countries can match us! So
let us give the media something new to write about. Something to really
show them who we danes are!
Just 2 DAYS HAVE DINNØDHJÆLP RECEIVED 1 million
dollars to help little hope!!! Let me repeat that: 1 million Danish
kroner is donated to dinnødhjælp in just 2 DAYS!!!
My feelings are sitting without his clothes! I'm so
overwhelmed! I'm so grateful and touched by all the love, care and huge
support there just pouring here to Nigeria all the way from Denmark! I
want as long as I live thank you all every day! I forget simply never!
With all the money we can besides giving hope the very best treatment
now also build a doctor clinic on the new land and save many more
children out of torture! It's just so great! The building must be called
hope clinic - donated city Denmark!! They say thanks is just a poor
words, but for me means thank you life! And to those who says otherwise,
then we can today together prove to the whole world that charity indeed
still exists in Denmark! heart emoticon
Hope's condition is stable now. He's taking food for
himself, and he responds to the medicine he gets. Today he has had
powers to sit up and smiling at us. He's a strong little boy. To see him
sit and play with my own son is without doubt the greatest experience
of my life! I just don't know how to describe it in words. This is what
makes life so beautiful and valuable and therefore I will let the
pictures speak for themselves:
Today we "groundbreaking" ceremony at the construction site. Ground
breaking ceremony where we are so lucky to the Danish Ambassador here in
Nigeria participates as a guest of honour and the keynote speaker. I
can't believe our ambassador and his sweet wife comes entirely from the
capital Abuja to our little village where dinnødhjælp builds a new
orphanage and participating in our ceremony. It's so big and I am very
pleased to see the ambassador again. Today during the ceremony I will
think of our architect Martin from engineers without borders and his
working group as in more than half a year now worked every day for
putting together and draw dinnødhjælps orphanage in cooperation with our
Nigerian engineers. I very much look forward to show you all the
outcome when the construction is finished. About 1 years running little
hope around on dinnødhjælps new orphanage and play with all the other
children.
Where there is love, there is life
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| Anja with her son, David Jnr |