Woman Adopts Boy, 12, She Found on the Street, Enrols Him in School
- A selfless woman has earned the admiration of social media users over her humanitarian gesture to a stranger
- The woman found a 12-year-old-boy on the street, adopted him and enrolled him in school
- She said the boy stole her heart when they first met and she couldn't bear to leave him in the state he was in
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A woman has stunned the internet with her selflessness and kindness. The woman identified as Laylah Ali Othman turned the life of a young boy for good as she adopted him.
Laylah, according to her post on Facebook, had found the 12-year-old lad on a street in Abuja and was moved by compassion.
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The media personality upon meeting the lad whose occupation was to move with cattle asked him if he would like to be enrolled in school, to which he obliged.
Laylah reiterated that she met with his family and they agreed to her adoption request after putting up some resistance.
The excited lady shared a photo with the boy alongside two of her sons.
Her post read:
"Hi FB family, meet my new Son Aliyu. I found him at my wuse2 branch sitting under a shade just laying down, looking like he wasn't feeling good, a staff of mine asked him what was wrong he said he broke his fast cos he can't see.
"He is just 12, his job daily was to walk along side many cattle from one end to other, I asked to meet him, he came in and stole my heart away, I asked him if wanted to go to school he immediately said yes, I asked for his house address and father's telephone number, which he rightly give me, I called them, we went back and forth.
"I had to drive down myself multiple times for the family to agree. So now here we are, he will be starting school tomorrow insha Allah. My boys are so excited to meet him. I now have 3 handsome kids."
People were full of praises for Laylah and showered her prayers.
Zulkarnain Yabagi reacted:
"Thanks for your kindness towards the less privilege, may Allah replenish your pocket a million-fold & bless you more always."
Mihammad Jamil commented:
"Masha Allah. You are wonderful. The lord will by His Grace reward you a hundred-fold. I hope other people copy from this kindness you have showered on this little boy."
Kaka Hussaini Anthony said:
"Am so proud of you Laylah. Keep doing the good work."
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Meanwhile, Briefly News previously reported that a beautiful American teacher with a big heart has been celebrated on social media after taking in her former student and his little brother. After a long five years of frugal spending, the young mom's finally paid off all her student loans and the attorney debt it took to adopt her two wonderful boys.
Chelsea Haley was only 22 years old when she decided to take in 11-year-old Jerome and his barely one-year-old brother. Jerome had been a struggling student in the young teachers classroom, not doing too well academically and constantly getting into trouble.
Instead of reprimanding the troubled boy, Chelsea chose love and understanding. The educator put her heart into listening to the boy and eventually fell in love with him.
She writes:
"After exhausting all of my resources in the classroom, I realised the only way to reach Jerome was to get to know him and just build a relationship.
"I started spending a lot of time with him outside of school, going to his football games, his basketball games, just hanging out with him at home, buying school supplies and groceries, all those kinds of things."
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