Zanziman Ellie, A boy with a disability finally got to meet humans and see the urban area in a heartwarming video that recently made the rounds on social media.
Twenty-one-year-old Zanziman Ellie suffers from microcephaly, where a baby is born with a small head.
Shunned by his villagers for “being different”, Ellie, who can’t speak, spends most of his time in a jungle.
Bullies are everywhere but how do you escape them? Twenty-one-year-old Zanziman Ellie chooses to hike nearly 32 kilometres every day.
Born in Rwanda, East Africa, Zanziman Ellie has microcephaly. A rare condition where a baby is born with a much smaller head than what’s perceived as normal, Ellie’s disorder has made him an outcast in his village, earning him the nickname “real-life Mowgli”.
Shunned for looking different, Ellie spends his time away from the community in the jungle. On most days, his meals simply consist of eating grass.
A new video capturing the moment Zanziman Ellie arrived in an urban area and interacted with people has gone viral.
In the clip, city dwellers expressed surprise as they welcomed and interacted with him. He got to sleep in a real bed, eat good meals and was enrolled in a school for the disabled.
The video got many emotional as they praised his mother for standing by him.
