1 00:00:13,021 --> 00:00:16,501 What is wrong with the child here? What is wrong? 2 00:00:16,660 --> 00:00:17,781 - The child? - Yes. 3 00:00:17,941 --> 00:00:21,740 - It's hungry. - Can we give the child some food? 4 00:00:22,260 --> 00:00:23,861 No food, no water. 5 00:00:42,501 --> 00:00:45,700 The picture of rescuing Hope changed my life. 6 00:00:46,620 --> 00:00:49,061 It was like a blow in your face. 7 00:00:54,981 --> 00:01:00,061 The whole world suddenly put their eyes on our work. 8 00:01:00,541 --> 00:01:03,861 That is something we have been fighting for for years: 9 00:01:04,021 --> 00:01:07,901 look at Nigeria, at the children being accused of witchcraft. 10 00:01:11,061 --> 00:01:13,021 I felt at one point that... 11 00:01:13,180 --> 00:01:17,421 let me just go back to Denmark, live a normal life 12 00:01:17,581 --> 00:01:19,100 and just... 13 00:01:20,220 --> 00:01:22,061 forget about everything. 14 00:01:22,220 --> 00:01:25,220 I wanted to just hide myself actually. 15 00:01:31,660 --> 00:01:33,981 My name is Anja Ringgren Lovén, 16 00:01:34,140 --> 00:01:36,861 I am 44 years old. 17 00:01:37,021 --> 00:01:42,061 I like to call myself a humanitarian or a social worker. 18 00:01:50,221 --> 00:01:52,381 I grew up in the North of Denmark. 19 00:01:52,541 --> 00:01:56,341 I lived with my mom, my twin sister and our senior sister. 20 00:01:58,661 --> 00:02:02,741 My dad was an alcoholic so that's why my mom left him. 21 00:02:02,901 --> 00:02:06,101 I was the girl who was trying to rescue the world 22 00:02:06,261 --> 00:02:10,741 and it started when I was very young, trying to rescue my dad. 23 00:02:11,421 --> 00:02:16,061 But how can a child help an old man 24 00:02:16,221 --> 00:02:18,781 who chose to drink like that? 25 00:02:21,181 --> 00:02:23,621 When my mom was making dinner 26 00:02:23,781 --> 00:02:27,141 and my twin sister and I would not eat all the food, 27 00:02:27,301 --> 00:02:31,261 she would tell us: "If you don't finish eating your food, 28 00:02:31,421 --> 00:02:35,421 you should think of all the children in Africa starving." 29 00:02:37,421 --> 00:02:41,181 My dream from when I was only six, seven years old 30 00:02:41,341 --> 00:02:43,701 was to go and help children in Africa. 31 00:03:30,221 --> 00:03:31,901 You know, David Jr., 32 00:03:32,061 --> 00:03:36,021 you always say you want to be a football player, 33 00:03:36,181 --> 00:03:39,541 but I know you like dancing and music. 34 00:03:39,701 --> 00:03:42,461 Maybe you could be a musician or a dancer? 35 00:03:55,981 --> 00:04:01,261 My mom died when she was only 53 and I started feeling so much anger. 36 00:04:04,021 --> 00:04:08,061 After she died, you know, I struggled to find my own identity. 37 00:04:08,781 --> 00:04:12,461 I struggled with anxiety, weight loss. 38 00:04:13,181 --> 00:04:16,501 I was in a hospital for three months. 39 00:04:19,101 --> 00:04:22,021 I was just weighing 45 kilos. 40 00:04:25,821 --> 00:04:29,621 I decided to sell everything I had in Denmark 41 00:04:29,781 --> 00:04:31,141 to raise money. 42 00:04:31,301 --> 00:04:35,581 That's why I became homeless. So I could help children in Africa. 43 00:04:47,501 --> 00:04:51,901 Every Minister of Foreign Affairs in the whole world will write: 44 00:04:52,061 --> 00:04:55,021 "Don't go to Nigeria, it's too dangerous." 45 00:04:58,581 --> 00:05:02,861 Because this is a very poor country with extreme poverty 46 00:05:03,021 --> 00:05:05,501 and people will do anything to survive. 47 00:05:05,661 --> 00:05:08,941 But you need to face your fears in life 48 00:05:09,101 --> 00:05:12,701 and that is something I have always done. Facing my fears. 49 00:05:12,861 --> 00:05:16,021 Because if you don't, how can you live your life? 50 00:05:19,581 --> 00:05:21,301 - Are you ready? - Yes! 51 00:05:21,461 --> 00:05:23,341 - Are you ready?! - Yes! 52 00:05:23,501 --> 00:05:25,421 Come on! 53 00:05:32,581 --> 00:05:35,981 People here are so friendly, Nigerians are friendly. 54 00:05:40,661 --> 00:05:42,861 They are peaceful people. 55 00:05:43,421 --> 00:05:48,261 They just suffer from extreme poverty due to extreme corruption. 56 00:06:20,661 --> 00:06:24,181 It is a pleasure to have these visitors with us here. 57 00:06:24,341 --> 00:06:26,901 I'd like to invite Anja Lovén to come up 58 00:06:27,461 --> 00:06:30,301 and greet the Church with Martyna. 59 00:06:32,461 --> 00:06:34,541 I came from Poland. 60 00:06:34,701 --> 00:06:37,421 This is in Europe. Yeah. 61 00:06:39,701 --> 00:06:44,421 I travel all around the world to cover stories for television 62 00:06:44,581 --> 00:06:47,861 about incredible and inspiring women 63 00:06:48,021 --> 00:06:52,861 and now, a very important woman for me is Anja. 64 00:06:53,021 --> 00:06:56,181 I came here to show her work. 65 00:06:58,221 --> 00:07:00,581 I am from a very far country, 66 00:07:00,741 --> 00:07:05,501 Denmark, in the north of Europe, 67 00:07:05,661 --> 00:07:08,421 but my home is actually Nigeria. 68 00:07:08,581 --> 00:07:10,181 - That's right. - Because... 69 00:07:12,101 --> 00:07:15,221 my son, who is sitting there, is Nigerian. 70 00:07:15,381 --> 00:07:17,901 His father is Nigerian, so I am Nigerian. 71 00:07:18,061 --> 00:07:20,101 That's right! 72 00:07:20,261 --> 00:07:23,101 And I am the founder of Land of Hope. 73 00:07:23,261 --> 00:07:28,661 Our aim is to do advocacy in the local communities, 74 00:07:28,821 --> 00:07:33,221 try to advocate that children are not witches. 75 00:07:33,381 --> 00:07:39,341 Many members of Solid Rock have helped us rescue these children. 76 00:07:39,501 --> 00:07:43,901 I'm so thankful to you and the Church. 77 00:07:48,021 --> 00:07:53,221 Many people bring every situation under witchcraft. 78 00:07:54,461 --> 00:07:56,821 Many people think that if your... 79 00:07:57,861 --> 00:08:01,621 pepper plant or a mango plant do not yield, 80 00:08:01,781 --> 00:08:04,101 it is because witchcraft is involved. 81 00:08:04,261 --> 00:08:08,381 Maybe your plantain is not yielding because witchcraft is involved. 82 00:08:08,541 --> 00:08:11,381 Witchcraft is present in every aspect of life. 83 00:08:21,061 --> 00:08:22,941 It would be difficult 84 00:08:23,861 --> 00:08:27,581 to do that with the members of my Church, 85 00:08:28,541 --> 00:08:32,261 but it could be easy if a person is not enlightened. 86 00:08:33,181 --> 00:08:35,621 They have many ways of manipulation. 87 00:08:37,981 --> 00:08:41,061 This preacher had previously denounced this child 88 00:08:41,221 --> 00:08:42,341 as being a witch. 89 00:08:43,261 --> 00:08:45,021 Children are particularly targeted. 90 00:08:45,181 --> 00:08:47,461 People believe that once possessed, 91 00:08:47,621 --> 00:08:50,421 they can cast spells and contaminate others 92 00:08:50,581 --> 00:08:51,781 and once accused, 93 00:08:51,941 --> 00:08:54,701 a child is forever stigmatized and feared. 94 00:08:57,701 --> 00:09:00,341 In 2008 I watched a documentary 95 00:09:00,501 --> 00:09:03,141 called "Saving Africa's witch children" 96 00:09:03,301 --> 00:09:04,581 and it shocked me, 97 00:09:04,741 --> 00:09:07,421 because children accused of witchcraft 98 00:09:07,581 --> 00:09:10,381 was something that I have never heard about. 99 00:09:10,541 --> 00:09:14,861 There's around 10 thousand children accused every year in Nigeria, 100 00:09:15,901 --> 00:09:20,581 so nothing could've stopped me from coming here. 101 00:09:44,861 --> 00:09:47,581 So the first, let's say meeting I had 102 00:09:47,741 --> 00:09:50,421 with the continent, with Africa, 103 00:09:50,581 --> 00:09:53,381 was what we call "The warm heart of Africa," 104 00:09:53,541 --> 00:09:54,701 it is Malawi. 105 00:09:55,501 --> 00:09:57,701 In my mind I had Nigeria, 106 00:09:57,861 --> 00:10:00,341 but I wanted to gain some experience 107 00:10:00,421 --> 00:10:02,661 before traveling to such a dangerous country. 108 00:10:02,821 --> 00:10:05,701 I was an observer, voluntarily. 109 00:10:05,861 --> 00:10:10,701 My work was to live with a poor family in Malawi. 110 00:10:11,501 --> 00:10:14,421 And one thing I'll never forget in Malawi... 111 00:10:15,061 --> 00:10:18,501 All through my childhood, growing up 112 00:10:18,661 --> 00:10:22,821 I have watched so many documentaries about African culture. 113 00:10:22,981 --> 00:10:25,781 Everything I could watch or read, I did. 114 00:10:25,941 --> 00:10:29,021 I thought I knew everything and what poverty meant 115 00:10:29,181 --> 00:10:34,381 but what I didn't understand was what it means to be hungry. 116 00:10:35,021 --> 00:10:36,061 What is hunger. 117 00:10:42,541 --> 00:10:45,461 When I came back from Malawi, I was like, 118 00:10:45,621 --> 00:10:48,661 "I want to establish my own NGO." 119 00:10:49,261 --> 00:10:54,581 I want to focus on witchcraft accusations in Nigeria. 120 00:10:59,701 --> 00:11:04,381 It's already dry, some of it is dry. 121 00:11:04,541 --> 00:11:06,141 Let's take it inside. 122 00:11:07,701 --> 00:11:10,141 This is still a little wet, 123 00:11:10,741 --> 00:11:11,861 this is dry. 124 00:11:12,021 --> 00:11:13,981 Okay, this is also dry. 125 00:11:14,141 --> 00:11:16,941 Let's go and put it in the room, okay? 126 00:11:28,781 --> 00:11:30,901 Can you see which one is this? 127 00:11:32,261 --> 00:11:33,701 Prince? Okay. 128 00:11:33,861 --> 00:11:36,141 So we'll put this in Prince's room. 129 00:11:36,301 --> 00:11:38,461 This is Sunday's? Okay. 130 00:11:40,781 --> 00:11:44,621 Oh girls, you're watching TV? 131 00:11:44,781 --> 00:11:48,381 You know what? You should be outside, playing! 132 00:11:50,581 --> 00:11:51,981 Victoria... 133 00:11:52,821 --> 00:11:53,981 Are you sick? 134 00:11:56,341 --> 00:11:58,581 Did you see the nurse? 135 00:12:00,021 --> 00:12:03,061 You've been taking the drugs? You're burning hot. 136 00:12:05,781 --> 00:12:06,781 Ernest! 137 00:12:11,221 --> 00:12:13,301 Tell me something about Anja. 138 00:12:13,941 --> 00:12:16,021 She cannot hear it right now. 139 00:12:21,181 --> 00:12:24,741 Sometimes she likes... Her hair before was black, 140 00:12:25,381 --> 00:12:27,701 but now, her hair is white. 141 00:12:28,661 --> 00:12:30,781 She likes dancing 142 00:12:31,621 --> 00:12:34,341 and every morning she likes to drink coffee. 143 00:12:34,501 --> 00:12:36,141 This is my lifesaver. 144 00:12:37,941 --> 00:12:40,141 - For me half. - Half? Okay. 145 00:12:41,221 --> 00:12:43,021 Oh, you're like my sister. 146 00:12:43,181 --> 00:12:44,501 Black coffee only. 147 00:12:44,661 --> 00:12:47,421 So now one, two, three, four... ten. 148 00:12:47,581 --> 00:12:51,061 Mommy Anja, she helps children. 149 00:12:52,061 --> 00:12:55,981 She does a lot of good things. She's the one that helped me. 150 00:13:00,781 --> 00:13:03,341 Oh, Deborah. What? 151 00:13:03,941 --> 00:13:05,181 My shoe... 152 00:13:05,341 --> 00:13:09,021 Oh, your shoe? What do you want me to do? 153 00:13:09,181 --> 00:13:11,661 - I want new ones. - You want new ones? 154 00:13:11,821 --> 00:13:14,981 Yes, because you fixed these so many times. 155 00:13:15,141 --> 00:13:17,461 Smile, you're getting new shoes. 156 00:13:21,381 --> 00:13:22,861 She's unique. 157 00:13:23,701 --> 00:13:29,181 For somebody to come all the way... 158 00:13:30,341 --> 00:13:33,221 from a society that is now fully developed, 159 00:13:33,941 --> 00:13:37,981 to come down to a place where life is totally different 160 00:13:38,141 --> 00:13:40,181 and trying to bring... 161 00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:45,381 hope and a totally different perspective, 162 00:13:45,541 --> 00:13:47,661 trying to make a change. 163 00:13:48,221 --> 00:13:50,061 I think she's very strong. 164 00:13:52,181 --> 00:13:53,381 She's an angel. 165 00:13:54,421 --> 00:13:55,901 - She's an angel? - Yeah. 166 00:14:02,821 --> 00:14:04,381 This girl is fantastic. 167 00:14:08,781 --> 00:14:10,341 When she came to Nigeria 168 00:14:10,901 --> 00:14:14,821 I volunteered in a children's centre. 169 00:14:15,741 --> 00:14:18,141 She didn't even care to look at me. 170 00:14:19,301 --> 00:14:22,821 She was... a little hostile. 171 00:14:25,461 --> 00:14:29,581 When I met David for the first time, I was so annoyed with him. 172 00:14:34,061 --> 00:14:35,661 We were playing football. 173 00:14:35,821 --> 00:14:38,141 Then suddenly he just walks in 174 00:14:38,301 --> 00:14:40,821 and all of the children stopped playing 175 00:14:40,981 --> 00:14:43,661 and ran to him: "Uncle David!", 176 00:14:43,821 --> 00:14:47,141 and jumped on him. He would start talking with them. 177 00:14:47,301 --> 00:14:50,141 I was just like: "Who are you?" 178 00:14:53,981 --> 00:14:57,781 She was like: "I've been here for a week 179 00:14:57,941 --> 00:15:02,261 and this guy is just coming and they love him, why is it like this?" 180 00:15:02,421 --> 00:15:06,421 This is because I've been with them when they were kids 181 00:15:06,581 --> 00:15:09,981 and they were almost six, seven years with me. 182 00:15:15,701 --> 00:15:19,541 Imagine a young law student 183 00:15:20,421 --> 00:15:22,261 who had charisma. 184 00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:25,781 He was 21 and I was 32 185 00:15:25,941 --> 00:15:28,501 and I came to rescue children, 186 00:15:28,661 --> 00:15:30,861 no time for romance, 187 00:15:31,021 --> 00:15:33,701 like "No, I can't do this." 188 00:15:34,741 --> 00:15:38,061 One day, someone was trying to send a child away from there 189 00:15:38,221 --> 00:15:40,861 and I was angry with that person 190 00:15:41,021 --> 00:15:42,701 and I raised my voice. 191 00:15:42,861 --> 00:15:46,061 I was very, very angry, defending that child. 192 00:15:46,221 --> 00:15:48,381 Anja told me to calm down. 193 00:15:48,541 --> 00:15:52,061 She looked at me for the second time and the third time. 194 00:15:52,221 --> 00:15:55,501 After that day she came up to me and said: "Hello," 195 00:15:55,661 --> 00:15:58,781 and I said: "How are you?" We started talking. 196 00:15:59,501 --> 00:16:01,301 It just happened like that. 197 00:16:09,701 --> 00:16:13,261 The second time I came to Nigeria, 198 00:16:13,941 --> 00:16:16,541 it was a month after my first trip, 199 00:16:16,701 --> 00:16:18,781 and I came back 200 00:16:18,941 --> 00:16:24,021 and David and I actually decided to get pregnant. 201 00:16:24,181 --> 00:16:26,421 And after a month I was pregnant. 202 00:16:28,781 --> 00:16:31,821 We just looked at each other and I was pregnant. 203 00:16:36,261 --> 00:16:40,101 David and I established our children's centre 204 00:16:40,261 --> 00:16:43,101 close to the university where he studied law. 205 00:16:43,261 --> 00:16:46,981 So in the first years, we rescued around 30 children. 206 00:16:49,941 --> 00:16:54,261 When we started, we slept on a mat in an uncompleted building, 207 00:16:54,421 --> 00:16:57,581 just waiting for a rescue mission. 208 00:17:02,101 --> 00:17:03,821 We rented some buildings 209 00:17:04,861 --> 00:17:07,901 and that place was attacked 210 00:17:08,061 --> 00:17:10,261 by local gunmen. 211 00:17:10,421 --> 00:17:15,301 They came during the night with guns pointed at the staff and children, 212 00:17:15,461 --> 00:17:19,901 they robbed all our properties and destroyed so many things. 213 00:17:20,501 --> 00:17:24,861 Children were waking up screaming, running and hiding in the bushes. 214 00:17:25,381 --> 00:17:30,141 That night some of these gunmen raped one of our girls. 215 00:17:30,901 --> 00:17:32,701 It was a horrible attack. 216 00:17:47,901 --> 00:17:50,541 And the reason why they could attack us 217 00:17:50,701 --> 00:17:54,261 was that this place did not have a high fence 218 00:17:54,421 --> 00:17:57,981 and we didn't have security like we have today. 219 00:18:05,261 --> 00:18:08,421 That was the motivation for me to travel to Denmark 220 00:18:08,581 --> 00:18:11,021 and just do a lot of work for fundraising, 221 00:18:11,181 --> 00:18:13,221 so we could build Land of Hope. 222 00:18:21,701 --> 00:18:25,421 David was here, making sure that the place was being built 223 00:18:25,581 --> 00:18:29,141 and together we have created Land of Hope. 224 00:18:42,861 --> 00:18:46,861 This is where all the boys live. We call it the "boys hostel" 225 00:18:47,021 --> 00:18:51,141 and in the end here is the "girls hostel" where all the girls are staying. 226 00:18:55,381 --> 00:18:57,541 And where is your place? 227 00:18:58,381 --> 00:19:01,781 My place is straight forward here 228 00:19:02,421 --> 00:19:06,861 and it's in the same building as the boys' and the girls' hostel. 229 00:19:07,021 --> 00:19:08,821 When we built this place 230 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:13,661 our idea was to build a room 231 00:19:13,821 --> 00:19:16,661 with our own kitchen and our own TV room, 232 00:19:16,821 --> 00:19:18,981 so we could have some privacy. 233 00:19:19,141 --> 00:19:21,781 - And? - We ended up just having a room. 234 00:19:25,621 --> 00:19:29,581 Oh, so this is your private space? 235 00:19:29,741 --> 00:19:31,381 This is my private space. 236 00:19:31,541 --> 00:19:34,301 Is this room different from the other ones? 237 00:19:34,461 --> 00:19:39,021 No, this room is actually the same as the children's rooms, 238 00:19:39,821 --> 00:19:42,181 with a private bath and toilet. 239 00:19:42,341 --> 00:19:44,821 When I'm here, I'm not indoors much. 240 00:19:44,981 --> 00:19:48,701 I'm more outdoors and I don't like to be just in my room. 241 00:19:48,861 --> 00:19:49,861 Who's here? 242 00:19:50,901 --> 00:19:52,301 Hello? 243 00:19:53,861 --> 00:19:54,861 How are you? 244 00:19:54,981 --> 00:19:58,141 Of course, mama's room is always the best. 245 00:19:58,301 --> 00:20:01,021 Anja, what's that? 246 00:20:01,181 --> 00:20:03,461 It's just been the new year's, 247 00:20:03,621 --> 00:20:07,621 so I had to wear something special for the new year. 248 00:20:07,781 --> 00:20:10,501 I have to see what it looks like on you. 249 00:20:11,901 --> 00:20:14,861 Like this, and we danced all night long. 250 00:20:15,021 --> 00:20:17,821 - Very elegant. - Let me show you this one. 251 00:20:17,981 --> 00:20:20,941 This is from a local tailor here, in Africa. 252 00:20:21,101 --> 00:20:22,581 This is amazing. 253 00:20:22,741 --> 00:20:25,781 One of my favourite dresses. Very colourful. 254 00:20:25,941 --> 00:20:28,581 See? They sewed it so well here. 255 00:20:28,741 --> 00:20:32,741 You need to have your breasts up and your booty in the back. 256 00:20:33,821 --> 00:20:35,181 So you like fashion? 257 00:20:35,341 --> 00:20:36,941 Because it's so hot here, 258 00:20:37,101 --> 00:20:40,501 I can wear one dress and after one hour it gets too hot 259 00:20:40,661 --> 00:20:42,701 and I'd wear another dress. 260 00:20:45,981 --> 00:20:48,021 Anja, you know what I think? 261 00:20:48,901 --> 00:20:51,461 That here, inside of these walls, 262 00:20:53,101 --> 00:20:55,421 all of you can feel very safe, 263 00:20:56,501 --> 00:20:59,101 but outside the world isn't like this. 264 00:20:59,261 --> 00:21:04,141 Yes, inside Land of Hope it's pure happiness and love. 265 00:21:04,301 --> 00:21:05,901 Outside of these walls, 266 00:21:06,581 --> 00:21:09,661 that's where the world is going crazy. 267 00:21:11,661 --> 00:21:15,861 One day David said: "I got a phone call this morning. 268 00:21:16,021 --> 00:21:18,501 There's a two-year-old in a village." 269 00:21:18,661 --> 00:21:20,981 But I don't even know if it's true, 270 00:21:21,141 --> 00:21:25,661 like can they abandon a two-year-old and can this child even survive? 271 00:21:25,821 --> 00:21:30,461 Then I looked at David and I said: "Let's go and check it out." 272 00:21:31,141 --> 00:21:34,061 - No one is feeding the child? - Yeah, no mother, no father. 273 00:21:34,221 --> 00:21:36,621 Oh, I'm sorry. 274 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:45,021 And I bent down to give Hope some water and biscuits. 275 00:21:45,181 --> 00:21:46,301 The smell... 276 00:21:48,781 --> 00:21:50,861 it was like the smell of death. 277 00:21:51,021 --> 00:21:52,101 Like it was... 278 00:21:55,261 --> 00:21:57,501 I can't explain this smell. 279 00:21:58,701 --> 00:22:02,221 While we were walking with him to the bus, 280 00:22:03,501 --> 00:22:06,181 the man said: "Where are you taking him?" 281 00:22:10,701 --> 00:22:14,061 So I had to walk faster and then suddenly, 282 00:22:14,221 --> 00:22:17,541 the bus that we came with was surrounded with people. 283 00:22:17,701 --> 00:22:19,821 So David came and interfered: 284 00:22:19,981 --> 00:22:22,501 "Have you seen the health of this child? 285 00:22:22,661 --> 00:22:24,901 Have you seen he needs a hospital?" 286 00:22:25,061 --> 00:22:28,221 He just slammed the door and said: "Let's move." 287 00:22:36,661 --> 00:22:39,021 When she held the boy, she told me: 288 00:22:39,581 --> 00:22:40,661 "David. 289 00:22:42,301 --> 00:22:44,381 This boy is gonna die. 290 00:22:48,261 --> 00:22:52,181 And before he dies, he needs to have a name." 291 00:22:56,901 --> 00:22:59,981 So we named him Hope, took him to a hospital 292 00:23:00,821 --> 00:23:04,861 and the doctor said that he had a very small chance of survival. 293 00:23:06,061 --> 00:23:08,061 The breath of Hope, 294 00:23:09,061 --> 00:23:11,941 we were counting it in seconds. 295 00:23:12,701 --> 00:23:15,461 He was truly someone who was about to die. 296 00:23:24,061 --> 00:23:27,861 David and I brought David Jr., our son, to the hospital 297 00:23:28,021 --> 00:23:33,621 and put him in a bed with Hope, so they could sit and play together. 298 00:23:34,101 --> 00:23:37,661 That was the first time we saw Hope smiling and even laughing. 299 00:23:48,941 --> 00:23:51,461 That's why I call his survival a miracle. 300 00:24:17,221 --> 00:24:19,661 But when I think of Hope, I laugh. 301 00:24:21,021 --> 00:24:22,901 Because of his intelligence, 302 00:24:23,981 --> 00:24:27,421 because he's someone with such a funny character. 303 00:24:27,581 --> 00:24:28,901 He's so funny. 304 00:24:32,701 --> 00:24:36,861 I also have a little concern 305 00:24:37,501 --> 00:24:40,341 that he will never be able to talk. 306 00:24:52,221 --> 00:24:55,141 I think that he really wants to express himself 307 00:24:55,301 --> 00:24:57,701 and I hope that this day will come. 308 00:25:11,221 --> 00:25:14,221 Land of Hope is a very big children's centre. 309 00:25:15,061 --> 00:25:16,981 It's more than three acres 310 00:25:17,461 --> 00:25:20,021 and David and I, when we bought the land, 311 00:25:20,181 --> 00:25:25,061 we had this vision of not only making it a children's center, 312 00:25:25,621 --> 00:25:29,061 but also to build an educational centre 313 00:25:29,221 --> 00:25:32,541 where children could learn different traits. 314 00:25:32,701 --> 00:25:34,861 Art class, physics, 315 00:25:35,021 --> 00:25:36,381 computer training. 316 00:25:37,461 --> 00:25:40,861 This is where we sing and have lots of fun. 317 00:25:41,341 --> 00:25:44,661 One, two, three... 318 00:25:44,821 --> 00:25:45,901 go! 319 00:26:38,341 --> 00:26:39,581 I love you! 320 00:26:46,541 --> 00:26:50,021 This is why I'm always so emotional. 321 00:26:50,501 --> 00:26:52,861 I just think about how we rescued them 322 00:26:53,021 --> 00:26:55,981 and watching them stand with so much courage 323 00:26:56,141 --> 00:26:59,221 and just singing, believing in themselves. 324 00:26:59,381 --> 00:27:03,141 Now they're young women empowering each other. 325 00:27:03,301 --> 00:27:04,941 That's just so amazing. 326 00:27:05,101 --> 00:27:08,141 Wow, I have goosebumps, you know? 327 00:27:08,301 --> 00:27:10,661 I love this, yeah. 328 00:27:18,541 --> 00:27:21,901 If you look at Denmark, even Poland and Europe 329 00:27:22,781 --> 00:27:25,021 and go back to the 1700s, 330 00:27:25,181 --> 00:27:27,701 we were all accusing, especially women. 331 00:27:30,181 --> 00:27:34,261 In Denmark, we burnt more than 2000 women alive, 332 00:27:34,421 --> 00:27:36,501 accusing them of being witches. 333 00:27:36,661 --> 00:27:42,381 So why are we not burning women alive in Denmark now? 334 00:27:42,541 --> 00:27:45,621 Because we started sending children to school. 335 00:27:45,781 --> 00:27:48,541 It gives you the therapy. 336 00:27:49,341 --> 00:27:51,581 Therapy is what heals you. 337 00:27:51,741 --> 00:27:54,421 So art is just like self-expression. 338 00:27:54,581 --> 00:27:56,581 It could be creativity, 339 00:27:56,741 --> 00:28:00,421 it could be your imagination. What are you thinking? 340 00:28:00,581 --> 00:28:02,941 What kind of concepts do you have? 341 00:28:03,101 --> 00:28:06,701 One Nigerian child had one dollar per year 342 00:28:07,181 --> 00:28:09,181 to pay the school fees. 343 00:28:09,341 --> 00:28:11,981 So it was just a joke 344 00:28:12,141 --> 00:28:16,141 to see how they were funding education for children. 345 00:28:16,301 --> 00:28:20,701 And that's also the problem about superstition and about poverty. 346 00:28:21,501 --> 00:28:24,181 If children are not being sent to school, 347 00:28:24,341 --> 00:28:26,301 there won't be any development 348 00:28:26,461 --> 00:28:28,381 and it's heartbreaking to see 349 00:28:28,541 --> 00:28:31,541 how much talent is being wasted in this country. 350 00:28:36,141 --> 00:28:38,901 Hope has such a strong meaning for me. 351 00:28:39,061 --> 00:28:41,381 H-O-P-E, because? 352 00:28:41,541 --> 00:28:44,781 Help One Person Every day. 353 00:28:44,941 --> 00:28:48,661 So it couldn't have been any other name 354 00:28:48,821 --> 00:28:50,381 than Land of Hope. 355 00:28:55,981 --> 00:28:59,221 Hi! What do we have here? 356 00:28:59,381 --> 00:29:03,061 Every time they are playing football, our nurse is here. 357 00:29:03,221 --> 00:29:06,661 They play as if it was a matter of life and death. 358 00:29:06,821 --> 00:29:08,381 You'll be fine, David. 359 00:29:08,541 --> 00:29:12,941 Can you recognize every kid here and call them by their names? 360 00:29:13,101 --> 00:29:14,501 All of the children. 361 00:29:14,661 --> 00:29:18,141 I don't even need to see them to recognize who they are. 362 00:29:18,301 --> 00:29:20,301 I know them by their voices. 363 00:29:29,661 --> 00:29:31,581 You even have your own water? 364 00:29:31,741 --> 00:29:35,021 Yes, we have our own water production company. 365 00:29:35,181 --> 00:29:38,861 David, my husband, always had this dream of having that. 366 00:29:39,021 --> 00:29:41,661 He wanted to produce water that's cheaper 367 00:29:41,821 --> 00:29:44,181 and more accessible to everyone. 368 00:29:51,781 --> 00:29:54,221 Land of Hope is like Noah's Arc. 369 00:29:54,381 --> 00:29:56,421 We have chickens, we have fish 370 00:29:56,581 --> 00:30:01,981 and a big area where we grow vegetables 371 00:30:02,541 --> 00:30:05,661 and different kinds of leaves 372 00:30:05,821 --> 00:30:07,741 that we use in local dishes. 373 00:30:07,901 --> 00:30:12,221 So it almost became what we have dreamt about, 374 00:30:12,381 --> 00:30:17,141 because by building all of this, you can actually survive. 375 00:30:20,141 --> 00:30:24,261 This is David's family's home village. 376 00:30:26,781 --> 00:30:30,741 Everyone in the community respects him very much, 377 00:30:31,381 --> 00:30:34,141 meaning we are safe here. 378 00:30:35,661 --> 00:30:37,821 When we built Land of Hope, 379 00:30:38,301 --> 00:30:41,701 we hired 150 local workers. 380 00:30:42,221 --> 00:30:44,701 We gave jobs to all of these people, 381 00:30:44,861 --> 00:30:49,461 so Land of Hope is the pride of this village. 382 00:32:03,181 --> 00:32:06,301 When I'm in Denmark, I miss Nigeria 383 00:32:06,461 --> 00:32:09,381 and when I'm in Nigeria, I miss Denmark. 384 00:32:09,541 --> 00:32:13,141 So I feel like I have a foot in each country 385 00:32:13,301 --> 00:32:17,141 and every day I feel divided between these two countries. 386 00:32:26,701 --> 00:32:29,981 Denmark is where I do administrative work, 387 00:32:30,141 --> 00:32:33,821 interviews, people also book me for conferences. 388 00:32:34,461 --> 00:32:36,301 That's very important for us. 389 00:32:36,461 --> 00:32:42,021 To have a platform for me to talk about our work and get donations. 390 00:32:47,781 --> 00:32:49,221 Because we need money 391 00:32:49,381 --> 00:32:52,501 to rescue children and to give them a future. 392 00:32:52,661 --> 00:32:57,781 I am the one who has to go back to Denmark and raise funds, 393 00:32:57,941 --> 00:33:01,621 so it's a huge responsibility on my shoulders. 394 00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:11,181 It made me really proud of her 395 00:33:11,341 --> 00:33:15,901 that she has such a big heart for Nigeria and Nigerian people. 396 00:33:16,061 --> 00:33:18,661 I haven't had any holidays in three years. 397 00:33:18,821 --> 00:33:24,421 I didn't have time for it, so I'm really looking forward to it. 398 00:33:24,581 --> 00:33:26,901 - So much. - Me too. 399 00:33:27,061 --> 00:33:30,581 I work for Anja at Land of Hope. 400 00:33:30,741 --> 00:33:32,821 I am the vice president 401 00:33:32,981 --> 00:33:35,861 and I handle all of our communication, 402 00:33:36,021 --> 00:33:37,981 marketing and social media. 403 00:33:38,861 --> 00:33:41,261 I feel like I have to take care of her 404 00:33:41,421 --> 00:33:43,101 because my mom told me to. 405 00:33:43,261 --> 00:33:47,421 But I think it was also because she saw that we were different. 406 00:33:47,581 --> 00:33:51,101 Anja was more like: "Here's a pool. Let's jump in." 407 00:33:51,261 --> 00:33:54,101 And I was more like: "But how deep is it? 408 00:33:54,261 --> 00:33:57,061 Let's figure that out before we jump in." 409 00:33:57,221 --> 00:33:58,781 Anja would just jump in. 410 00:34:01,101 --> 00:34:03,501 Even though I know she was raised here, 411 00:34:03,661 --> 00:34:06,381 and we're Danish and we live in Denmark, 412 00:34:06,541 --> 00:34:09,621 I feel that when she goes to Nigeria, 413 00:34:10,541 --> 00:34:12,701 she's being herself the most. 414 00:34:17,461 --> 00:34:20,741 Sometimes if Anja and I have an argument, 415 00:34:20,901 --> 00:34:23,261 because we're twins, we work together, 416 00:34:23,421 --> 00:34:25,741 so we argue about loads of stuff. 417 00:34:26,381 --> 00:34:29,781 If I'm mad at her and I go out, people say to me: 418 00:34:29,941 --> 00:34:31,461 "I love your sister." 419 00:34:31,621 --> 00:34:34,181 I'm like: "Oh no, she's not so great." 420 00:34:35,781 --> 00:34:37,501 She's not so perfect. 421 00:34:41,421 --> 00:34:45,821 From the outside it looked as if we had a lot of success, 422 00:34:45,981 --> 00:34:49,181 but behind the scenes, we were really struggling. 423 00:34:49,861 --> 00:34:53,461 But we kept the focus on the project and on the children. 424 00:35:03,461 --> 00:35:05,901 The children accused of witchcraft, 425 00:35:06,061 --> 00:35:09,381 when they see you, they don't want to come up to you. 426 00:35:09,541 --> 00:35:12,021 They feel like every adult is a danger. 427 00:35:12,181 --> 00:35:15,781 They don't believe you. They've faced a lot of threats 428 00:35:16,981 --> 00:35:18,221 from adults 429 00:35:19,701 --> 00:35:22,661 who came to beat them, 430 00:35:23,261 --> 00:35:27,901 sometimes even kill them. So they see every adult as a threat. 431 00:35:32,221 --> 00:35:36,701 So I always have to convince them that I'm trying to do something good. 432 00:35:42,301 --> 00:35:45,501 Here, in Land of Hope we have 91 children 433 00:35:45,661 --> 00:35:49,501 and only 21 of them are girls. The rest are boys. 434 00:35:49,661 --> 00:35:53,181 Why are boys accused of being witches more than girls? 435 00:35:53,341 --> 00:35:57,341 Because boys tend to have a more dominant character, 436 00:35:57,501 --> 00:36:01,301 like they're rough playing. And they're not needed. 437 00:36:01,901 --> 00:36:04,421 Boys are not needed in the household. 438 00:36:09,461 --> 00:36:13,021 I remember in 2019, it was around Christmas, 439 00:36:13,181 --> 00:36:16,901 it was December. You're always in this special mood then. 440 00:36:17,061 --> 00:36:19,421 There was an emergency call. 441 00:36:19,581 --> 00:36:21,461 David came to me and said: 442 00:36:21,621 --> 00:36:24,381 "I don't know if you want to see this child 443 00:36:24,981 --> 00:36:29,581 but there is an information that he's in a very poor condition." 444 00:36:30,101 --> 00:36:31,621 I was like: "Let's go!" 445 00:36:37,621 --> 00:36:40,741 When we came and we saw the child, 446 00:36:41,381 --> 00:36:42,981 he couldn't even walk. 447 00:36:43,141 --> 00:36:46,861 It was a boy. He was in so much pain. 448 00:36:47,661 --> 00:36:49,141 That is Saviour. 449 00:36:50,141 --> 00:36:55,901 He was raped multiple times and he's also diagnosed with HIV. 450 00:36:56,061 --> 00:37:00,621 He was hiding in big pipes 451 00:37:01,381 --> 00:37:03,781 along a building construction site. 452 00:37:04,341 --> 00:37:06,541 When we took him out of the pipes 453 00:37:06,701 --> 00:37:08,781 he was holding up his pants 454 00:37:08,941 --> 00:37:12,781 and the pain he was in was terrible. 455 00:37:21,421 --> 00:37:23,341 Did they killed your sister? 456 00:37:26,341 --> 00:37:28,461 And he would have been killed 457 00:37:28,621 --> 00:37:31,421 one or two days after if we didn't come. 458 00:37:32,101 --> 00:37:33,661 He wouldn't be alive. 459 00:37:36,701 --> 00:37:40,581 We took Ernest with us, one of our oldest children. 460 00:37:41,141 --> 00:37:44,781 We sometimes take some of our children on rescue missions. 461 00:37:44,941 --> 00:37:46,901 They love to come and help us 462 00:37:47,061 --> 00:37:51,461 and that's so inspiring for me. 463 00:37:52,101 --> 00:37:57,861 The way Ernest took that child gently into the car, 464 00:37:58,021 --> 00:38:01,341 sat with him in the back, gave him something to drink, 465 00:38:01,501 --> 00:38:02,821 gave him biscuits, 466 00:38:02,981 --> 00:38:05,941 and then David was playing a Christmas song. 467 00:38:06,101 --> 00:38:07,661 We were so emotional. 468 00:38:07,821 --> 00:38:13,541 So on the way back, he put on this gospel Christmas song 469 00:38:14,021 --> 00:38:17,901 and I turned around and looked at Ernest sitting with Saviour 470 00:38:18,061 --> 00:38:23,701 and I started crying, because it was just so emotional. 471 00:38:23,861 --> 00:38:27,141 But it was Christmas and we saved a life, 472 00:38:27,621 --> 00:38:32,341 so that might have been the best Christmas ever, actually. 473 00:38:45,101 --> 00:38:49,141 Do you remember the moment when Hope was here for the first time? 474 00:38:49,301 --> 00:38:53,141 Hope was very little and tiny when he was rescued. 475 00:38:53,821 --> 00:38:56,181 When they brought him to Land of Hope, 476 00:38:56,341 --> 00:39:00,461 it was very sad because of the state he was in. 477 00:39:00,621 --> 00:39:03,221 He was literally dying, 478 00:39:03,381 --> 00:39:05,621 so it was very sad. 479 00:39:05,781 --> 00:39:08,181 And now, what do you think about Hope? 480 00:39:08,941 --> 00:39:12,141 Hope is the most... I don't know. 481 00:39:12,301 --> 00:39:17,821 I think he's the happiest little kid in the world. 482 00:39:17,981 --> 00:39:18,981 Because... 483 00:39:19,741 --> 00:39:22,301 His transformation is amazing. 484 00:39:22,941 --> 00:39:27,581 He's healthy now, he's in a perfectly safe place, 485 00:39:28,381 --> 00:39:31,741 so yeah, Hope is doing good now. 486 00:39:31,901 --> 00:39:33,061 He's very smart. 487 00:39:37,901 --> 00:39:41,381 What we know about Hope is what we know from the father. 488 00:39:41,541 --> 00:39:45,381 He's a sorcerer, he's a witchcraft doctor. 489 00:39:49,141 --> 00:39:51,861 And he's someone with big influence. 490 00:39:51,981 --> 00:39:56,181 The first thing he asked me was: "How much do I owe you?" 491 00:39:56,341 --> 00:39:59,461 I told him: "You don't owe me anything, 492 00:39:59,621 --> 00:40:01,101 I don't want any money. 493 00:40:01,261 --> 00:40:06,781 We are here because every child deserves to know their identity." 494 00:40:06,941 --> 00:40:09,621 He was saying that it's the mother's fault. 495 00:40:09,781 --> 00:40:12,261 He was telling us one side of the story. 496 00:40:15,981 --> 00:40:19,821 We have been looking for Hope's mom since we found him. 497 00:40:21,421 --> 00:40:25,581 It is very important for Hope to meet his mother. 498 00:40:26,421 --> 00:40:29,181 To see and meet her. 499 00:40:30,101 --> 00:40:31,821 And it's important for her. 500 00:40:31,981 --> 00:40:35,461 She needs to realise that children are not witches. 501 00:40:56,781 --> 00:41:01,221 What is your opinion, David, about this meeting? With the mom. 502 00:41:01,381 --> 00:41:04,741 I don't know what to expect. I have to see her first. 503 00:41:05,621 --> 00:41:09,141 She told me she was there, waiting for us in that place. 504 00:41:10,141 --> 00:41:12,341 I just called her again, 505 00:41:12,501 --> 00:41:15,701 a minute ago, and the phone was switched off. 506 00:41:15,861 --> 00:41:19,021 As far as I know, for all of you in Land of Hope, 507 00:41:19,181 --> 00:41:23,621 it's important that kids would have a relationship with their parents. 508 00:41:23,781 --> 00:41:25,501 When we go on home visits, 509 00:41:25,661 --> 00:41:28,661 it is when we are actually doing advocacy. 510 00:41:29,501 --> 00:41:31,301 We are there to educate. 511 00:41:31,461 --> 00:41:34,341 Not just the family, but the whole community. 512 00:41:51,781 --> 00:41:55,541 So this was the guy who contacted David 513 00:41:56,701 --> 00:42:01,461 to inform us about a child that was abandoned, 514 00:42:01,621 --> 00:42:03,941 of only two years old. He is the one. 515 00:42:05,661 --> 00:42:11,021 For almost 10 years now we have been very active in the local villages. 516 00:42:11,181 --> 00:42:13,821 We actually have many ambassadors. 517 00:42:13,981 --> 00:42:16,621 They know who we are and they'd call us. 518 00:42:16,781 --> 00:42:19,381 They are actually our eyes and ears. 519 00:42:48,381 --> 00:42:52,421 - When was the last time you saw her? - Yesterday morning. 520 00:42:52,581 --> 00:42:56,301 Right now, they're saying that she left the village, 521 00:42:56,461 --> 00:42:59,901 but we're trying to find out where we can find her. 522 00:43:09,021 --> 00:43:12,861 Even though the sun is shining, there are kids everywhere, 523 00:43:13,021 --> 00:43:15,981 suddenly the situation can change completely 524 00:43:16,141 --> 00:43:18,421 and turn into something dangerous. 525 00:43:24,221 --> 00:43:26,821 A month ago, when we were in one village, 526 00:43:26,981 --> 00:43:31,421 we rescued a child. Two of his friends were butchered. 527 00:43:33,461 --> 00:43:36,821 Butchered means that they were chopping off heads, 528 00:43:36,981 --> 00:43:39,781 arms, that's how they butcher children. 529 00:43:39,941 --> 00:43:43,621 They just kill them with an axe or a machete. 530 00:43:56,621 --> 00:43:58,461 We visit this village's head 531 00:43:58,621 --> 00:44:01,221 to let him understand why we're there, 532 00:44:01,381 --> 00:44:03,661 so we are working with the community. 533 00:44:11,701 --> 00:44:15,341 Is there many children accused of being witches here? 534 00:44:15,501 --> 00:44:18,261 No, yes, there is. 535 00:44:18,421 --> 00:44:21,701 Why are they branding children as witches? 536 00:44:22,421 --> 00:44:26,461 They're behaving weird and before, 537 00:44:26,621 --> 00:44:30,061 they were dying a lot. 538 00:44:30,221 --> 00:44:34,421 But it doesn't happen since I am here. 539 00:44:34,901 --> 00:44:36,301 How do you do it? 540 00:44:36,901 --> 00:44:40,221 We have a special mixture. 541 00:44:41,461 --> 00:44:45,381 Kids vomit after drinking it and then they are healed. 542 00:44:47,581 --> 00:44:50,381 How much are the parents paying for the drugs? 543 00:44:50,541 --> 00:44:54,421 - One million. - No one here has one million naira. 544 00:44:54,581 --> 00:44:56,181 Isn't it too expensive? 545 00:44:56,341 --> 00:44:59,221 If the parents don't have one million naira, 546 00:45:00,221 --> 00:45:02,781 they give me some land of the same value. 547 00:45:03,501 --> 00:45:06,501 So what if the parents don't have any land, 548 00:45:06,661 --> 00:45:08,421 they don't have any money? 549 00:45:08,581 --> 00:45:11,781 Will they abandon the child or what happens? 550 00:45:13,101 --> 00:45:14,981 There's an option 551 00:45:15,141 --> 00:45:18,261 of serving me. 552 00:45:18,701 --> 00:45:22,741 Do you have any children that are your servants now 553 00:45:22,901 --> 00:45:25,541 because the parents weren't able to pay? 554 00:45:25,941 --> 00:45:28,501 Go and bring the child. 555 00:45:32,261 --> 00:45:36,661 What are you doing now, here? Do you help the chief? 556 00:45:36,821 --> 00:45:39,181 I do whatever he wants. 557 00:45:39,341 --> 00:45:42,101 Bring him whatever he needs. 558 00:45:42,261 --> 00:45:45,061 Okay, but do you get money for it? 559 00:45:45,781 --> 00:45:49,781 I only get to eat for free. My money goes to him. 560 00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:55,501 This is what we call slavery. When you work hard for 15 years 561 00:45:56,541 --> 00:45:58,541 and you only get food for that. 562 00:46:05,101 --> 00:46:08,821 It is very easy to manipulate people who aren't educated. 563 00:46:09,461 --> 00:46:12,701 They tend to believe everything that they are told, 564 00:46:12,861 --> 00:46:14,501 especially from a pastor, 565 00:46:14,661 --> 00:46:18,421 because religion is a very big part of Nigerian life. 566 00:46:26,421 --> 00:46:30,581 The pastors are taking advantage of the ignorance of the people 567 00:46:31,341 --> 00:46:35,461 and they would tell them that children are witches 568 00:46:35,621 --> 00:46:37,021 and they believe it. 569 00:46:39,901 --> 00:46:42,021 Promoting witchcraft 570 00:46:42,181 --> 00:46:47,461 you have a really easy way to rob people. 571 00:46:47,621 --> 00:46:50,861 Many pastors never accepted me 572 00:46:51,021 --> 00:46:54,501 to their Christian organisations here, in this city. 573 00:46:54,661 --> 00:46:57,781 When I have been preaching 574 00:46:57,941 --> 00:47:01,901 that witchcraft has had nothing to do with God for years. 575 00:47:07,861 --> 00:47:09,421 Our own statistics 576 00:47:10,941 --> 00:47:16,821 show that around 10 children disappear in a week 577 00:47:16,981 --> 00:47:18,941 from a village. 578 00:47:23,341 --> 00:47:27,621 You should understand that accusing a child of being a witch 579 00:47:27,781 --> 00:47:30,581 is actually related to extreme poverty. 580 00:47:30,741 --> 00:47:34,141 The families can't feed all of the children they have. 581 00:47:34,301 --> 00:47:37,501 So if there's an opportunity to send children out, 582 00:47:37,661 --> 00:47:41,341 accusing them of being witches, it's less mouths to feed. 583 00:47:41,861 --> 00:47:45,141 So it's also a way of surviving. 584 00:47:45,701 --> 00:47:47,661 You know. So... 585 00:47:48,381 --> 00:47:50,901 It's not easy to come up with a number, 586 00:47:51,421 --> 00:47:53,781 but it's many children. 587 00:47:53,941 --> 00:47:58,301 Even one would be enough. One child being killed is enough. 588 00:48:00,901 --> 00:48:04,061 The child knows, by growing up in this society, 589 00:48:04,221 --> 00:48:08,021 that: "If I'm accused, there's no way that I would survive." 590 00:48:08,181 --> 00:48:10,261 So the children try and escape. 591 00:48:15,541 --> 00:48:19,181 Children on the streets are prone to all of those things. 592 00:48:19,341 --> 00:48:20,741 Prone to trafficking, 593 00:48:21,221 --> 00:48:24,021 they are prone to harvesting of the organs, 594 00:48:24,621 --> 00:48:28,061 they are prone to different kinds of abuse. I must say, 595 00:48:28,221 --> 00:48:32,421 any female child that sleeps on the street for one night 596 00:48:32,581 --> 00:48:33,981 is raped. 597 00:48:35,181 --> 00:48:40,021 I ran away, so I started begging on the street. 598 00:48:40,981 --> 00:48:43,741 They accused me of killing my father. 599 00:48:48,661 --> 00:48:50,901 They used to beat me every morning. 600 00:48:53,621 --> 00:48:59,621 They didn't give me food. My mother burnt me with an iron. 601 00:49:00,701 --> 00:49:04,101 What do you feel when you think about those people? 602 00:49:06,501 --> 00:49:11,301 I think that we should forget about everything that happened in the past 603 00:49:11,461 --> 00:49:12,701 and move on. 604 00:49:17,541 --> 00:49:20,901 All children here have experienced awful things. 605 00:49:30,941 --> 00:49:34,741 Cuts on their heads, knife wounds, they are there. 606 00:49:35,821 --> 00:49:40,061 Every child has something they will carry for the future. 607 00:50:05,941 --> 00:50:10,981 Sometimes they will keep a child locked in chains. 608 00:50:11,141 --> 00:50:16,461 Then the child is in a room without anything to eat or to drink 609 00:50:16,621 --> 00:50:20,621 until they admit that they're witches. 610 00:50:38,341 --> 00:50:39,741 You're also a witch? 611 00:50:39,901 --> 00:50:41,141 Yes. 612 00:50:49,261 --> 00:50:50,661 My name is Benjamin. 613 00:50:50,821 --> 00:50:53,461 My parents accused me of being a witch. 614 00:50:55,741 --> 00:50:58,981 What do you think about this situation right now? 615 00:51:02,621 --> 00:51:08,461 What I think is that when I finish my school, 616 00:51:08,621 --> 00:51:13,021 I'm going to teach people 617 00:51:13,181 --> 00:51:15,661 in the village that nobody's a witch. 618 00:51:21,461 --> 00:51:25,861 The issues started in my family, because I was going to school. 619 00:51:26,021 --> 00:51:30,301 So my extended family accused my father of being a witch. 620 00:51:31,221 --> 00:51:36,501 That it wasn't normal that he had so much interest in education. 621 00:51:37,661 --> 00:51:41,621 That there has to be something else, it has to be witchcraft. 622 00:51:42,541 --> 00:51:45,581 So where all of the issues started. 623 00:51:45,741 --> 00:51:48,541 When you get accused, 624 00:51:49,341 --> 00:51:51,861 everyone sees you differently. 625 00:51:52,701 --> 00:51:55,981 Even the ones that you're related to. 626 00:51:56,821 --> 00:52:00,821 When my father was accused of being a witch, 627 00:52:01,741 --> 00:52:05,741 he got kind of kicked out of the extended family. 628 00:52:07,021 --> 00:52:09,741 So I think then the issues started coming. 629 00:52:10,981 --> 00:52:14,541 People started to be very aggressive to us, 630 00:52:14,701 --> 00:52:16,741 to the point of beating my mom. 631 00:52:18,421 --> 00:52:22,101 So it got to the point of physical attacks. 632 00:52:22,261 --> 00:52:23,981 It was very dangerous. 633 00:52:24,781 --> 00:52:27,981 - And what happened to your dad? - They killed him. 634 00:52:32,141 --> 00:52:33,301 They killed him 635 00:52:35,341 --> 00:52:37,781 and that was when Land of Hope came. 636 00:52:46,421 --> 00:52:50,621 Our life today is a reflection of childhood. 637 00:52:50,781 --> 00:52:53,581 I see that now in so many ways. 638 00:52:59,541 --> 00:53:04,781 I was very excited about meeting Hope's mum for the first time. 639 00:53:04,941 --> 00:53:08,581 How does she look? How will she react? How will Hope react? 640 00:53:09,221 --> 00:53:14,461 A lot of emotions came to us, 641 00:53:15,381 --> 00:53:20,221 because suddenly she was there and Hope was very emotional. 642 00:53:27,981 --> 00:53:28,981 Hi. 643 00:53:31,901 --> 00:53:33,381 Good morning, welcome. 644 00:53:35,781 --> 00:53:37,901 So what's your name? 645 00:53:38,061 --> 00:53:39,541 My name is Justina. 646 00:53:39,701 --> 00:53:40,901 How old are you? 647 00:53:42,221 --> 00:53:43,341 I'm 23. 648 00:53:44,141 --> 00:53:48,341 You were... 14, 15 years old 649 00:53:49,141 --> 00:53:51,421 when you were pregnant with Hope? 650 00:53:51,581 --> 00:53:53,141 Yes, 15. 651 00:53:54,661 --> 00:53:57,221 So what happened? 652 00:53:57,381 --> 00:54:01,821 Can you tell us why we found him the way we found him? 653 00:54:03,141 --> 00:54:04,381 Tell us the story. 654 00:54:06,141 --> 00:54:11,341 We are here, because we want you to have a relationship with your son. 655 00:54:12,621 --> 00:54:15,141 We are not here to judge you, okay? 656 00:54:21,981 --> 00:54:24,701 You were still a child yourself. 657 00:54:25,461 --> 00:54:28,781 Did he marry you or did he just take you as a wife? 658 00:54:30,261 --> 00:54:32,661 What was the story between you and him? 659 00:54:32,821 --> 00:54:34,461 Because he's an old man. 660 00:54:36,101 --> 00:54:39,581 I don't know, he came to us. 661 00:54:39,741 --> 00:54:43,781 He asked me out and I refused. I didn't want to. 662 00:54:43,941 --> 00:54:45,341 You didn't like it? 663 00:54:45,501 --> 00:54:47,901 I did not and he forced me that day. 664 00:54:49,821 --> 00:54:55,021 Steven was born a year before I gave birth to Daniel. 665 00:54:55,661 --> 00:55:00,141 So you decided to name him Steven? Was it also with Hope's father? 666 00:55:00,301 --> 00:55:03,021 - Yes. - When he was rescued, 667 00:55:03,701 --> 00:55:08,141 we didn't know his name and nobody told us his name, 668 00:55:08,661 --> 00:55:11,901 so we needed to give him an identity. 669 00:55:12,061 --> 00:55:14,541 We chose the name "Hope" for him. 670 00:55:14,701 --> 00:55:16,501 That's so good. 671 00:55:17,301 --> 00:55:20,061 Was it Hope's father who left him there? 672 00:55:20,221 --> 00:55:21,501 In that condition? 673 00:55:22,101 --> 00:55:24,981 Yes, he threw him out in that place. 674 00:55:26,821 --> 00:55:29,141 Don't be angry with me. 675 00:55:29,301 --> 00:55:33,581 Don't worry. You are here now and that's what's important. 676 00:55:50,261 --> 00:55:51,541 This is your son. 677 00:55:52,221 --> 00:55:53,461 Hope, your mom. 678 00:55:55,021 --> 00:55:57,501 You were in her belly. 679 00:56:01,941 --> 00:56:03,141 How are you? 680 00:56:04,741 --> 00:56:08,541 He does not hear very well. 681 00:56:10,021 --> 00:56:14,421 I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. For all those things, I'm sorry. 682 00:56:16,421 --> 00:56:19,541 Where's the mark? I want to see the mark. 683 00:56:23,421 --> 00:56:25,541 Here is one. 684 00:56:34,701 --> 00:56:37,501 - That's the mark you gave him? - Yes. 685 00:56:56,501 --> 00:56:57,621 I'm sorry, okay? 686 00:56:57,781 --> 00:57:00,861 Please, you have to forgive me. 687 00:57:12,661 --> 00:57:15,221 Are you okay? Are you fine, Hope? 688 00:57:15,381 --> 00:57:16,381 Okay? 689 00:57:23,421 --> 00:57:24,461 Are you okay? No. 690 00:57:25,541 --> 00:57:27,141 Hope might not understand. 691 00:57:27,301 --> 00:57:30,261 He might think that you're here to take him. 692 00:57:30,421 --> 00:57:32,181 -No -I know. 693 00:57:32,341 --> 00:57:35,741 But we hope that you will come visit him many times. 694 00:57:37,581 --> 00:57:41,421 - Are they similar, Steven and Daniel? - Daniel is taller. 695 00:57:41,581 --> 00:57:43,101 He's taller than Hope? 696 00:57:43,261 --> 00:57:45,221 I didn't want to interrupt you. 697 00:57:46,061 --> 00:57:47,061 Hey, Hope. 698 00:57:47,821 --> 00:57:49,941 Hey, my name is Martyna. 699 00:57:50,381 --> 00:57:54,301 - Justina. - It is nice to meet you. 700 00:57:54,461 --> 00:57:57,381 - Nice to meet you. - You have a great son. 701 00:57:58,061 --> 00:58:01,701 Right now, I can see that he's confused. 702 00:58:02,621 --> 00:58:03,781 He has pride 703 00:58:04,421 --> 00:58:07,901 and he knows how he was when he was found. 704 00:58:08,061 --> 00:58:12,261 So there is happiness, but there is also... 705 00:58:13,061 --> 00:58:14,061 maybe anger. 706 00:58:14,541 --> 00:58:16,181 She's not staying. 707 00:58:16,341 --> 00:58:20,301 She's going back, okay? 708 00:58:20,741 --> 00:58:22,301 You stay here, 709 00:58:22,461 --> 00:58:25,821 but she'll see this place, okay? 710 00:58:25,981 --> 00:58:27,981 And then she goes, okay? 711 00:58:33,981 --> 00:58:37,621 Maybe some day he will find a place in his heart to forgive me. 712 00:59:39,661 --> 00:59:43,341 If you want to change the world, start with children. 713 00:59:43,501 --> 00:59:48,461 If you can change how they grow up, you can actually change a generation. 714 00:59:50,701 --> 00:59:52,701 Now it's time to look forward. 715 00:59:55,701 --> 00:59:58,261 Hope is very happy to see his mom. 716 00:59:58,421 --> 01:00:01,181 She has come back to visit us, 717 01:00:01,341 --> 01:00:04,701 she has stayed at Land of Hope for a long period. 718 01:00:04,861 --> 01:00:06,261 He was so happy. 719 01:00:06,421 --> 01:00:11,981 He took her hand and with much pride, he was showing the other children: 720 01:00:12,141 --> 01:00:13,701 "See? This is my mom." 721 01:00:20,981 --> 01:00:25,381 You must learn to take the burden of others upon yourself. 722 01:00:34,261 --> 01:00:40,261 As leaders we should take the burden of people that we're leading, 723 01:00:40,421 --> 01:00:41,821 sacrifice for them. 724 01:00:45,421 --> 01:00:46,821 Yeah, that's it. 725 01:00:47,741 --> 01:00:48,741 Sacrifice. 726 01:00:51,701 --> 01:00:55,901 I've known him for 10 years and I've seen him crying two times. 727 01:00:56,061 --> 01:01:00,821 Finally, there was a closure in one of our biggest cases, 728 01:01:00,981 --> 01:01:03,581 that is the story of Hope. 729 01:01:03,741 --> 01:01:08,461 It has been not just blood, sweat and tears 730 01:01:08,621 --> 01:01:10,221 for me and for him, 731 01:01:10,381 --> 01:01:13,701 but also for our relationship and being parents. 732 01:01:14,181 --> 01:01:15,181 One, 733 01:01:15,741 --> 01:01:16,741 two, 734 01:01:17,301 --> 01:01:18,301 three, 735 01:01:19,181 --> 01:01:21,141 four... five! 736 01:01:22,101 --> 01:01:23,301 You're cheating! 737 01:01:24,661 --> 01:01:27,021 It has been a sacrifice. 738 01:01:27,181 --> 01:01:31,141 When I became pregnant we had to consider 739 01:01:31,301 --> 01:01:34,061 where do we keep our son 740 01:01:34,221 --> 01:01:36,021 and also his security. 741 01:01:38,181 --> 01:01:41,541 We had to put our project first 742 01:01:41,701 --> 01:01:44,261 and I raised our son in Denmark, 743 01:01:44,421 --> 01:01:47,821 because that is more secure and safer for him 744 01:01:47,981 --> 01:01:50,861 and a better, healthier environment. 745 01:01:56,101 --> 01:01:58,301 Also, sometimes I feel envy. 746 01:01:58,461 --> 01:02:02,381 When I see couples on the streets walking with their children, 747 01:02:02,541 --> 01:02:07,261 I wish I could do that every day with my son and his father. 748 01:02:07,421 --> 01:02:10,141 Again, you want to see it again? 749 01:02:10,301 --> 01:02:15,141 The truth is that I feel lonely most times when I'm in Denmark. 750 01:02:15,301 --> 01:02:20,421 But when I look at the 92 children that we have now at my center, 751 01:02:20,901 --> 01:02:23,941 children that were found inside bushes 752 01:02:24,101 --> 01:02:26,421 and have been just thrown away 753 01:02:26,581 --> 01:02:29,981 and children who were almost dying in our hands... 754 01:02:30,141 --> 01:02:35,221 When I, today, see these children at university, graduating, 755 01:02:35,381 --> 01:02:37,821 I could never regret my decisions. 756 01:02:37,981 --> 01:02:41,541 It has been hard work, a big challenge in my life, 757 01:02:41,701 --> 01:02:44,141 but in the end I'm so proud of that. 758 01:02:44,301 --> 01:02:49,021 That is the fruit of all my decisions and I'm very happy for it.