FTH SUDAN PHOTO GALLERY
This photo was taken by JP in 1998, the boys name is "little Jo". The photo was taken in Numule Southern Sudan. JP Describes meeting this boy in his staff profile which can be read here, the relevant portion copies below.
"This little orphaned boy was handed over to us, his mother dying while giving birth. I remember his skin was dry like sandpaper. He was maybe three months old . His guardian was only able to feed him lemon juice mixed with dirty water from the river. We took the baby and just began to cry, we were grown up men, we had gone through much hardship in life, seared through pain and tragedy - yet this child made us cry like little boys. We took the boy to a hospital, but the doctors gave zero chances of survival. But we believed God for a miracle. We traveled to the Ugandan border and bought some baby formula and praise God within the week he was okay.The most amazing thing is that all this effort: the trip to get milk, Traveling to the hospital, buying the medicine, and food for the guardian cost us a measly $20 yet this baby almost didn't make it."
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