Image captionA former child refugee who launched a Twitter campaign to trace a"generous" stranger who bought her a bike when she was five has been reunited with him.She tweeted a photo of the camp odd-job man, whose name she never knew, and her message was retweeted 3,000 times which enabled her to find him.When she began her search all she had was an old photograph of the mystery man, taken at the refugee camp.
During their meeting she posted on Twitter:"This is Egbert. He's been helping refugees since the 90s. He was so happy to see me. He was proud that I'd become a strong and brave woman. "He said that was his wish for me when I was small. He grows orchids. He has a beautiful family. He said it felt like I'd never left."Mevan Babbakar posted this photo of Egbert on Twitter taken while she was a refugee
Ms Babakar and her parents, who are Kurdish, fled Iraq during the first Gulf War, travelling through Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Russia before spending a year at the camp near Zwolle between 1994 and 1995.You might also be interested in:
It shows how important small kindnesses are, especially to children. A wonderful story.
Being a good Samaritan used to be the norm, the message, the societal norm....now it's so rare it's News.
Some GOOD news 🎉
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This is beautiful!
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