Loven, a Danish woman living in Africa, is now caring for the toddler at the African Children's Aid Education and Development Foundation, a centre she and her husband founded three years ago to help children like Hope.
And just over two months on, the emaciated child found on the streets is almost unrecognisable.
In a recent post to Facebook Loven shared an image of Hope, and explained that his name stands for the acronym tattooed on her knuckles: "Help One Person Everyday".
While also updating her followers with the news that Hope requires surgery for an undeveloped urethra, she says he is "really enjoying his life now having 35 new brothers and sisters who ALL take such good care of him, play with him, study with him, and make sure he is safe and is getting a lot of love".
- nzherald.co.nz