His was the image that broke hearts around the world and exposed the cruel practice of labelling Nigerian toddlers as witches, either neglecting them or letting them be killed by members of their community.
The photo of the 2-year-old boy, discovered naked and wandering the streets on January 31, showed charity worker Anja Ringgren Loven giving him a drink of water.
Now named Hope, the boy was rescued by Loven and taken to hospital where he was given medicine to remove worms in his stomach and given daily blood transfusions.
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Following requests for help with the child's medical bills more than $1 million in donations flooded in and a campaign was launched encouraging people to spread messages of hope around the world.