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We Can Be Heroes: bringing a little boy back from the brink of starvation

When three-year-old Aden arrived in Dadaab he weighed only 11 pounds. After just a week of treatment in the IRC hospital Aden had gained two pounds.

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

The lifesaving impact of the We Can Be Heroes drought relief campaign is exemplified by the story of Aden Abdallah Ibrahim, a three-year-old boy who returned from the brink of starvation after being treated at an International Rescue Committee clinic in Dadaab, Kenya.

 
 
 

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