{"id":6060,"date":"2015-06-14T07:33:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T07:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=6060"},"modified":"2015-07-13T02:46:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T02:46:15","slug":"ultimate-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/ultimate-wish","title":{"rendered":"After Their Son Died, These Parents Discovered His Ultimate Wish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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They lost their 10-year-old child Mohamed in a landslide, during a school trip organized by the Peter Hobart Elementary school.<\/p>\n<h2>A special discovery<\/h2>\n<p>After going through her son&#8217;s belongings, Madosu, the young boy&#8217;s mother, found a journal where her son wrote his ultimate wish. The 10-year-old dreamed big.\u00a0<em>&#8220;I would do everything, and I would give money so school kids can read. And I would give money to the poor people. I would build soccer fields for schools to play in,&#8221;<\/em> he wrote. Mohamed had visited his father&#8217;s hometown in Guinea in 2010, and he remembered seeing kids without\u00a0clothes, playing football barefoot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6065\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/st-paul-landslide-school-6-685x882.jpg\" alt=\"st-paul-landslide-school-6-685x882\" width=\"700\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/st-paul-landslide-school-6-685x882.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/st-paul-landslide-school-6-685x882-375x300.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/st-paul-landslide-school-6-685x882-600x480.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.twentytwowords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/st-paul-landslide-school-6-685x882.jpg?f11caf\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>{adinserter CNP5}<\/p>\n<h2>Making a dream\u00a0come true<\/h2>\n<p>The parents decided to use part of the settlement they received from the St. Louis Park School District to build a school in\u00a0Siguiri, Guinea.\u00a0<em>&#8220;Since he&#8217;s not there anymore to accomplish that dream, we as parents want to make that happen,&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>said Madosu Kanneh. The school will accommodate 400 students, and there will be a football pitch, a basketball court, and a library.\u00a0<em>&#8220;I wish Mohamed was on the side of me to see his dreams come true,&#8221; <\/em>said the deceased boy&#8217;s father. 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