The photo of a white woman letting a little boy drink water from a bottle has often made clickbait history - unfortunately without the proper background knowledge.

Some people can probably still remember the photo, others don't know it: it shows a white woman letting a little dark-skinned boy drink from a water bottle.

This photo has been used as clickbait many times and of course has been spun around with a variety of stories. This is what the photo we are constantly receiving requests for looks like:

A woman gives a little boy water to drink / Screenshot Mimikama.at
A woman gives a little boy water to drink / Screenshot Mimikama.at

In December 2016, colleague Jens a very detailed article. This is about a boy named Hope who was accused of witchcraft and cast out. This is exactly the boy who is drinking from the bottle in the photo and who has since been repeatedly found on the Internet as clickbait.

The Danish development worker Anja Ringgren Lovén took care of the abandoned 2-year-old and gave him the name Hope.

And what happened to the two of them?

DINNødhjælp is a voluntary association and fights for children's rights. Their main task is to give so-called “witch children” who, like Hope, were rejected, a new life.

A year later: Hope and Anja
A year later : Hope and Anja

A year after the photo in question, Hope is doing well and is not only receiving an education, but is finally experiencing love and security in a children's home.

You can follow the story of Hope and many other children on Instagram or Facebook .

It's wonderful to see that there are people who really do something good, especially in real life.

According to My Modern Met , people had donated over a million dollars to Hope. So hats off to Anja Ringgren Lovén and all the other “silent” heroes who make individual lives so much better.

 


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