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In 2006, a photo shocked the world and spread across social media: a frail, malnourished Nigerian boy being given water and biscuits by a foreign woman. That image was not only a painful reminder of the millions of abandoned children in Africa, but also the beginning of a miraculous journey that would last nearly two decades.
The woman in the photo was Anja Ringgren Lovén, a Danish humanitarian (often mistakenly reported as British), founder of the non-profit organization DINNødhjælp. For years, she dedicated her life to rescuing Nigerian children who had been labeled as “witches” and abandoned on the streets.
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