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Nigerian aid groups help children accused of witchcraft to rebuild lives - REUTERS
Summary
- Thousands of Nigerian children accused of being witches
- Many are brutally abused or abandoned by their families
- Pastors and witch doctors charge fees for exorcisms
- Aid groups support children through school, university
EKET, Nigeria Nov 13 (Reuters) - Accused by her aunt at age 13 of being a witch responsible for her family's misfortunes, Faith ran away from her rural home in the southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom after being deprived of food for days on end.
Now aged 19, she is studying Science Laboratory Technology at a polytechnic in the town of Eket, also in the state, and has ambitions to train as a medical doctor.
"I want to prove I'm not what they said I was," Faith, whose parents are both dead, told Reuters.
