Akinwunmi Adesina: Beautiful transformation photos of boy from Madagascar adopted by ADB president

African Development Bank president, Nigerian-born Akinwumi Adesina, has shown that milk of kindness flows in him when he adopted an 11-year-old boy he met when he visited Madagascar three years ago.

During a visit to Madagascar’s Bas Mangoky region on August 2, 2016, Adesina from Nigeria who is the president of African Development Bank three years ago, he spotted Anthony who was 11 at the time but showed signs of stunted growth. According to afdb.org, Anthony looked every inch like a 5-year-old boy due to malnutrition.

Adesina on Anthony said: “I was transfixed by one of the children attracted by my helicopter landing. He was so small that I was convinced he could be no more than 5 years old. I asked him his name and he told me it was Anthony. But his voice was not that of a 5-year-old child. I was shocked to discover that he was 11. He was suffering from severe malnutrition.”

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Adesina could not go on with his official visit without doing something about Anthony's state whose dream is to become a medical doctor. The bank chief in agreement with his wife adopted Anthony and provides him with the means to live a dignified life, alongside his family, in his home.

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Today, Anthony's story has changed for good. Adesina said of him: "Our son, Anthony, is growing normally. He is fine and well-fed. He is doing well in school and is one of the best in his class. I really hope that one day he will achieve his dream of becoming a doctor.”

Anthony who was barely half the height of his adoptive father in 2016, now seems well on track to overtake him.

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