Every Street Child has potential

This is a true story about a street child in Nigeria which a friend told me. I am going to base my web banner around this story, but I'd like to start from the end and work backwards. 


Show a successful man (with his family, possibly) and then work back showing where he came from and showing that every child has potential and that if he can make something of himself from his background that every street child out there can do the same with a little help from unicef.


"This mans story is like this. His name is Banabus, he grew up in Nigeria, with seven in his family, very poor. Then his uncle (which im not sure would be his actual uncle because nigerians would refer to older male family friends as uncle, but they would be normally someone close to the family anyway) came to visit from Gabon, think thats how you spell that, its another country in Africa, French speakin. So he came to visit and then gave an offer that he would take one of the children and give them a better life and education with him. So the mother agreed and i think they sent Banabus because he seemed to be the most intelligent. So he went with him but instead of what he said he put him out on the street selling things like plastic bags to make money, basically workin for him in return for a roof over his head, no school or care of any kind. The boys in the pics below holding the blue plastic bowls are the strreet boys of nigeria and its pretty much the same story, they work for some man cos their parents cant take care of them, girls are usually kept as house girls or nannys indoors.


He was about 10 or 11 when he went to Gabon. He eventually ran away and got a job as a gate man with a swedish family when he was in his late teens. They realised how brainy he was and arranged to send him to live with a family they knew in America. So he went and finished school and got a degree! He is very successful now with a wife and children and has since been back to visit his family who never knew any of this."


An amazing story that shows with the generosity of others good things can happen for these kids.