Face of a young boy in somailia

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As Minhaj Gedi Farah lay silently on a hospital bed three months ago, even his mother had given up hope that the skeletal Somali baby would live.
But weeks of intensive feeding, though, have transformed him into a chubby-cheeked boy who crawls.
He is one of several stories highlighted in an annual New York fundraising event held by the aid group International Rescue Committee, which helped nurse Minhaj back to health.