From the archives: This story was last updated in May 2019.
Emmanuel Kelly’s is a heart-wrenching story.Emmanuel was abandoned in a shoebox by his mother as a baby in war-torn Iraq. He was discovered by nuns and brought to an orphanage, and there he met another little boy, Ahmed, whom he quickly considered his brother. Both boys were born with severely underdeveloped limbs owing to the devastating effects of chemical warfare, but today, the brothers are a testament to how love can triumph over adversity.
