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