If
you are a fan of Ed you would surely have seen the beautiful soul within him.
He is not just a singer who pleases people on stage, but he always try to do
more for the benefit of others. Last year he filmed a documentary for comic
relief. For this he had to go to Liberia and it was then that the noticed the
poor condition of boys who lived at slums.
He
met a boy named JD, who lived with his five mates in canoes on the beaches.
There were no any adult to look after them and they were having their own
lives. Once the boy relates how he and his friends were raped and beaten by
older boys and how they survive by a piece of bread and water, Ed decided to
take the matters to his hand.
Little
boy’s ambition to become the president of the country moved the pop star as he
knew well how hard it would be to reach his aim in this way. He took money from
his own pocket to set these kids in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia. He also found
a woman to look after them whom they called as Ma.
JD
says that “I used to sleep in canoes on the beach with my friends. Now I feel
much better because I stay with Ma and she takes care of us. She always comes
looking for us to make sure we are ok. She really cares about me. I didn’t have
that before. I am very happy to be going to school soon. I want to be
president, so I have to learn and study well. When I am president, I can help all
the other street children with food, shelter and school. I want to see all
children in school uniforms. If I had not met Ed, I would still be sleeping in
canoes o the beach.”
In
the video Ed says “My natural instinct is to just put them in a car and just
take them and put them in a hotel until we can get them sorted.
Can
we do that? Can I pay to put them in a house until we get them in a school? It
doesn’t matter how much it costs can we just get him and his five mates in a
house with an older person to look after them?
I
don’t think we can go until that’s sorted.”
Because
of Ed’s great wish to see these kids in a better place, today five kids are
having a happy and a fruitful life. Ed proved that what really matters is not
the money, but the happiness it creates.