Dispatches: Return to Africa's Witch Children (5 of 5)

[papasitoman]

It's too bad that woman is married...she is such a catch! (And to those too dumb to get it YES I am being sarcastic).

[Sansajn2]

This guy, Gary, I salute him. He's truly an example for everyone who can, but not doing anything..

[Bforeelz]

more people need to see this

[Ellzington]

Interesting that they suspend free speech to stop the practice. Seems like too much.

[TheRobinL]

@Ellzington Well free speech is one thing but harassing, bulling and threaten is another thing.

[ItsmeonY2]

@Ellzington

Death threats are not free speech!

[ssijak]

@Ellzington Seems like free speech is very much less of a problem then being tortured and killed as a child because some imbeciles call you a witch.

[sergiunadasan]

I really hope this has a happy ending.

[Twwistad]

he kinda looks like white guy from hawthorne that was dating jada pinkett smith.

[HopeAngel777]

this is why i am not christian. if the churches i once went to had been permitted, they would have done these things, and this is in the states.

[craksracing0com]

they are using christianism....religion and witchcraft myths to scare the shit out of the ignorant people, to control them , in the western countries they know they cant scare us using witchcraft ...so they use terrorism

[ShareeMonique]

Its really sad that there are people in this world who are so freaking evil.

[RiotRanger]

wow a real life action sequence, go african ninja guy

[MuslimVlogGuy]

"If any one of you calls her a witch, they will go to prison for 10 years."

Freaking awesome solution.

[AspiringPotato]

Idiocy has taken over the world. 

[sabrina4657]

are they wearing wig's in court.

[anacondarity]

mydearwanted1 -You are just a pathetic idiot who is so ignorant you cannot differentiate your nose from your mouth. You conveniently deviated from such a gruesome act which some foreigner has successfully demystified, leading to protection of innocent children. What did your NAPTIP do before the arrival of Dispatch? My friend, you honestly need help and people like you chose docile and weak children to blame for your failures. You can go kiss a transformer if you're unhappy a foreigner did this

[anacondarity]

mydearwanted1, You are just a pathetic idiot who is so ignorant you cannot differentiate your nose from your mouth. You conveniently deviated from such a gruesome act which some foreigner has successfully demystified, leading to protection of innocent children. What did your NAPTIP do before the arrival of Dispatch? My friend, you honestly need help and people like you chose docile and weak children to blame for your failures. You can go kiss a transformer if you're unhappy a foreigner did this

[anacondarity]

mydearwanted1, You are just a pathetic idiot who is so ignorant you cannot differentiate your nose from your mouth. You conveniently deviated from such a gruesome act which some foreigner has successfully demystified, leading to protection of innocent children. What did your NAPTIP do before the arrival of Dispatch? My friend, you honestly need help and people like you chose docile and weak children to blame for your failures. You can go kiss a transformer if you're unhappy a foreigner did this

[kidtastic78]

That Sam guy is such a ninja, straight out of a james bond movie that shit was. Hes a hero.

[mydearwanted1]

LETS THESE ACTIONS WHICH DEGRADE US AS INFERIOR HUMANS TO OTHERS BE STOPPED INCLUDING BRANDING PEOPLE WITCHES AND ALLOWING ANY WHITE RABBIT TO LORD OVER US.He may be a Drop out. Has anybody bothered to look at this man doing this, his stay ,his remote mission , if any,his records and background.i am so embittered because,i met a lady in Bangkok who told me that while she was in Nigeria she was having police escorts and official car while working for same NGO she is working with here as clerk

[mydearwanted1]

IF he has respect for Nigeria he will know that its abusive to talk of calling out a governor of a state in Nigeria out at his whims and caprice over any issue, Because he is celebrated as a white. White my Foot! Ask him how many times he has been able to see the Governor or whoever presides over the government of his locality. That Guy may be jobless back in his country and has devised a format to make ends meet and we are allowing him and his likes have a field day.

[compactdisk2]

@mydearwanted1 Uh... what? So just because he's white he's not allowed to help stop one of the most disgusting practices happening in the region? And are you under the impression that unemployed whites in developed nations think "hey! I'll go over to africa, that's where the real money is!"? You just sound like a bitter, hateful, paranoid person who hates whites.

[Zoharpineal]

@compactdisk2 How about white people take their religions and doctrines out of these cultures they want to help so badly. America seems to want to libya now. A major city with a skyline is being bombed to hell by brittish/american navy. No telling how many civilians are dead. Thanks alot america for your help. God bless you

[bajorjor1]

@Zoharpineal Look man go to a video about libya there are thousands of it in youtube,You come to a video about child witches and talk about libya, don't you think that is stupid?

[mydearwanted1]

look at a foreigner telling us the law he boosted to have made.Am not attacking his course ,but he should work with a system already in existence,there is NAPTIP for christ sake!Can this Happen in the country where that white RABBIT comes from?Lets not allow Neo colonialism in whatever guise. HE WILL CALL OUR GOVERNOR AS IF HE IS HIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOUR, that Church rat! whats his academic/ working background. Are there no Nigerians better trained who can work better with his lofty blueprint

[theinquest]

Lets not forget that the most important people are these kids nobody else!

[framboise203]

That man Gary is saint for the work he does.... That Helen woman has got to be one of the most ignorant, deluded people in the entire world..Stupidity and arrogance on another level. I cannot believe that she is taken seriously at all by anyone, and that she even has that power to control peoples actions to such an extent. How can she deny that what she preaches advocates child abuse- that is exactly what, and all, it is. Appauling. Just horrific beyond imagination.

[ac7933]

You always hear people bitching about muslims not speaking out enough against terrorism. Where are the christian voices when it comes to this issue. Why aren't there christians stopping these people. The culprits are the American christians that exported this nonsense to the rest of the world.

[BrunetteYaS]

Thank you for sharing this. Those children are beautiful, we must take actions now.

[mikeyman211]

The Ten Commandments: Exodus 20: 2 -13.

"Kill witches": Exodus 20: 18.

Makes me sick.

[mikeyman211]

@mikeyman211 Exodus 22:18*

[mikeyman211]

I take some small solace in the fact that these kids who are now protected will grow up and enter communities knowing that the labelling of children as witches is wrong and evil. These kids will grow up to prevent this from happening to more and more kids.

[hardinmichael1981]

Humanists of The World Unite!!!

[Tijs80]

I see a lot of responses here about religion doing this to children.

I am a Christian myself and i'm organizing a charity event right now in Holland which I hope will make a lot of money for stepping stone Nigeria.

I am ofcourse also outraged with what i have seen in the last docu and this one.

It's not the religion that does this, it's people who use religion for their own greed. If there was no religion, people would find another way to hurt others for their own good.

[hardinmichael1981]

@Tijs80 the reason religious people in Europe and America no longer treat each other this way is because religion has been tempered and tamed by secular society. By Reason and Rationality. Yes, any one believer or nonbeliever can find a way to exploit ignorance. But Religion enshrines and worships ignorance and calls it god.

[Tijs80]

@hardinmichael1981

In the western secular society, still these things happen. Look at Ireland, look at the westboro baptist church in America, name all the examples of religious extremism. And I agree: Religious extremism in every sort and way is a bad thing. No discussion there. And every peaceloving christian, muslim, jew, whatever has to stand up to that. Because it's only a matter of abusing a perfectly fine religion for own benefit.

[hardinmichael1981]

@Tijs80 my only original point was that religion does not reform itself. It always has to be pressured from outside by forces that are essentially secular. The Westboro folks go around calling people names. They don't throw acid in peoples faces. People in america do not burn witches at the stake anymore. The reason is the advance of REASON ITSELF.

[Tijs80]

@hardinmichael1981

The greatest reformation of the church came from christians... it was called THE reformation... That should count for something doesn't it.

And if you see how christianity is changing overtime, it's mindblowing. And that all comes from within the church. Forces that are secular only want one thing: get rid of the church alltogether. That has nothing to do with reforming the church.

If you want you can place every change within christianity under secular sources.

[Tijs80]

@hardinmichael1981

music for example. but who says music is a secular source? the greatest influences in music came from christian classical pieces. So yeah. you can say modern music in the church comes from secular influences, but why is modern music secular? see what I mean?

Just using music as example on how you can always come up with an argument like yours, but the argument won't stick. We are a society together religious and secular and we always influence eachother, which is a good thing

[compactdisk2]

@Tijs80 Ehhh... "the greatest influences in music came from christian classical pieces"? Sounds like a pretty moronic, sweeping generalization that reduces several thousand years of global musical history from many different cultures to a relatively short time period just after the Renaissance. You're also parroting the ignorant idea that classical music somehow has more depth and is intellectually superior to other genres, which is a completely baseless statement.

[Tijs80]

@hardinmichael1981

Religion being synonym for worshipping ignorance is simply an opinion and for that matter a religion of it's own.

The only reason you can say that is because of religion and it's statements can not be proven.

Same thing goes for the way humanists say the world came to be. We weren't there, things like a big bang theory are named like that, because it's just a theory.

So we just believe in 2 different theories, but it has nothing to do with ignorance.

[hardinmichael1981]

@Tijs80 There is a vast difference between a scientific theory and a religious theory.  Just as there is a vast difference between a natural law like the law of gravity and a man made law. The words are the same but the meaning is different. Look it up for your self. Don't take my word for it.

[compactdisk2]

@Tijs80 Wow this is stupid. Scientific atheists don't say the world came to be any certain way, they look at the evidence, and determine what is most probable. Religion gives you the answer, and refuses to even consider any contradicting evidence. Also, you clearly don't know what the word "theory" means when used in a scientific context. A theory is something that has been thoroughly investigated, and works well with all available evidence. It is quite different from a hypothesis.

[nimitzclass]

I hope we can all chip in with whatever we can to help these children. A few pounds or dollars each from many people can make a difference for them. For me, donation is also a slap in the face of Helen Ukpabio and the likes.

[Liacgi]

It actually made me cry. It's a sick world we live in. That so selfclaimed prophetess is a very bad woman in my opinion. And to actually say that someone wanted to assasinate her what a lie. If someone really did then he or she would have succeeded.

[Ren0076]

This made me cry, I hate that these so called pastor hurt these kids and then say their doing Gods will. I believe in God and read the Bible an no where dose it say that children are evil these people give a bad name to us that are religious. Thank God that these babies are being saved from those monsters.

[d3st88]

To be honest, giving these kids back to their families may not be a good move.

[annata12]

Sick fucks! I wonder how europe ever got away from such sickening beliefs.

[timvanhaitsma]

Why did no every say "there is no such thing as witches." All they ever said is that I am not a witch. Many of these children could very well grow to believe that witches are real and need to be put to death.

[nichtidentisches]

@timvanhaitsma

thanks, totally right!

[mahwajuly86]

I'm just shocked that according to that woman (the prophetess) no child should fall sick. Cause according to her, any child with signs of fever, infection, etc is a witch! These are typical symptoms children present with in peadiatrics, so just imagine the whole hospital ward full of witches! lol

All children are beautiful and precous, and they deserve to be loved and cared for, just as we were when we were young. And these people are also misrepresenting Jesus because He loved & loves children

[LaMeraMera06]

gary is a hero!

[nichtidentisches]

@LaMeraMera06

at least stepping stones workers. 

[Morenob]

the worst part of all this is that atheist's are acting like they are happy about this so they can lecture Christians, those people don't read their bibles, anyway my heart is broken to see what people do too earn extra money acting like they are priest's FUCK THEM people can make my religion seem stupid I don't care there is a place for that kind of behavior. I know from my heart that im a good person and Thank God for making me who I am.

Amen

[JohnnyWeedSeed420]

@Morenob people dont make your religion seem stupid, it does that all on its own. And enjoy your religion while you can because as time goes on it looks crazier and crazier and will eventually die. That makes me feel better inside even if it takes 100's of more years it will happen.

[Ky0shin]

@Morenob Too bad while God was so busy making you who you are he forgot all about these kids.

[some12b4]

wow,. these ppl are screwd when 3d television comes out and they do another movie.. LOOK its true!! I can see the demons coming out to kill me aaqarrrgghh  . sorry, I know the seriousness of this. What happened when Jesus met kids and the warning to adults about who so ever hurts one will be slapped by God??

[mpc232323]

I would murder all these money hungry pastors

[bigbossmatt]

I can see a problem with that. if the little girl lied and says that people called her a witch, then innocent people go to jail for ten years. I understand that they are trying to protect her, but just like the hoon laws in Australia. laws that aren't carefully thought through can back fire...

even if they did call her a witch, assuming that's all that happened to her, ten years is a long time to go to jail. assuming they didn't hit her or anything worse.

[bigbossmatt]

btw im not responding to any one. im just referring to the guy telling the community that he will come back and tell them they will go to jail if they call her a witch.

[mahwajuly86]

@bigbossmatt Its not just about physical abuse but also about emotional abuse. Imagine that child grows up with the emotional scars that she was labelled a witch by those close to her. It can influence her self-image and consequently how she lives her life.

The early years of a child are the most important cause they can remember dreadful events for all their lives. I have a friend who doesnt believe that she is beautiful simply cause her mother told her she was ugly when she was young

[hallholbrooklyn]

not on frostwire... i just download from tubemusicdownload com

[pokerslut530]

A very sad example the disasterous consequences of believing in anything on blind faith. When the foundation of your whole concept of "logic" is actually centered around anti-logic, you rarely end up with positive results.

The more I see religious extremism in all of its disgusting facets, the more I lean towards believing stamping out religion altogether wouldn't be such a bad idea. What good do they do or have any of them done for humanity anyways... not a damn thing.

[Tijs80]

@pokerslut530 That's bullshit and you know it.

So because a lot of people die because of drunk driving, we should get rid of al the alcoholic beverages in the world? and oh yeah, cars too for that matter.

I agree when you talk about blind faith can cause a lot of problems.

But religion in it's essence is about love for your fellow human. And that goes for christianity, as well as islam and all the other big world religions.

[gir908922]

Thanks for sharing this documentary. As a black woman, I can honestly say that if I had the money, I would hop on the next plane to Nigeria to help these children. Helen Ukpabio is a modern Adolf Hitler. She's using innocent people (in this case, impoverished families, and especially children) as scapegoats for her problems. I hope the governor of Akwa Ibom informs the rest of the country of these atrocities committed, and the whole country makes laws against accusing children of witchcraft.

[DarfVlad]

@gir908922 Well said. I hope and pray this madness and this victimization of children ends soon, and forever.

[dire1231]

how can helen ukpabio use violence is she really a christian what happened to deliverane

[HumanStrategy]

What does being a Christian have to do with being non-violent? Most people who are Christians are violent because they are human beings.

It doesn't mean Christianity is wrong or false, it merely means that being violent is not contingent upon being a Christian. ^_^

[mahwajuly86]

@HumanStrategy When you are a christian, your human nature dies. So your new being is not violent. This is so because when you are "Born-again" , you receive the Holy Spirit which shows you what to do. So if you are faithfull to God and not fall into sin, the Holy Spirit orders your steps and talk. I often see myself do or say things I could never have done if I was not a born-again Christian.

So Christianity is not a religion but a way of life, filled with love & compassion for others.

[d3st88]

@mahwajuly86

What you just said makes me feel like puking. You can take your christianity and god and fuck yourself.

[mahwajuly86]

@d3st88 Thanks. I love you too!

[lmarr07]

well no one is going to credit the black guy who is assisting the white guy(bless the white guy). but the governor and the other black guy is are doing a very good job on their part. they both are playing their role. the gov. is seeking punishment, and the other guys helps by working with the parents and showing them the wrong. he is trying to make them better parents. not to be mean, but propaganda can b terrible, whites help africa but so do blacks. media is bad sometimes.

[leophilippines]

at least more or less happy ending..and there is hope for the children!!!!!!!!

[osabenin]

I am a Nigerian by birth. after watching this clip, I will say that religions in Nigeria are course by poverty and any means to take the little from the poor for the sake of STUPID GOD! I love these children and I wish I can have the contact of these helper see here on this clip. many black are so stupid in their way of reasoning and we are very good in blaming the white for everything. if not the slavery, i wonder how we black could have long be eating ourselves now in fresh.

[secoyci]

I myself am an atheist, but I wouldn't blame religion, or race for this. I think it's about lust for power, and everyone else follows because they're too scared not to. Did you see those big dudes saying they wanted to kill that poor girl? That would be terrifying going up against them. What I don't get is how they can't see they're getting robbed basically by that bishop. Did you see him snicker? I'd also like to see how Helen Ukpabio deals when someone accuses her children of being witches.

[HoleDweller]

Christianity does this everywhere it is introduced. The only thing that stops it from happening in America and Europe is the strong secular governments keeping them in check. Before we had a strong secular government, witch trials were common here as well.

[some12b4]

HoleDweller """"""Before we had a strong secular government, witch trials were common here as well. """"""" yeah I was amazed at the stupidness of it all but then remembered that. They did burn witchs at the stake. I hope it wont take centrys for it to stop in africa.

[laminator100]

This is the fault of christianity and the belief in the bible and a god, pure and simple. ALL christians (I'm so disgusted, I won't even capitalize the evil word "christians") should really be ashamed of themselves, it is their ridiculous religion that did this to these poor children. Regardless which parts of the bible you choose to or not to believe, ALL christians help pave the way for this type of abuse and murder. christianity is just plain obsurd and evil. There are no gods, wake up!!!

[ricefarmer]

its really not chrisianity that done this to them, africans would have done it anyway in one form or another, they are primitive super stitious retards who can't put logic in their head..

they ARE BLACKS

[mentalholocaust]

You fool, christians everywhere think there are witches and demons.

[HoleDweller]

You are an ignorant piece of trash. The color of a persons skin has zero to do with their mental capacity. I would agree that their society is primitive compared to "Western" society, but that has more to do with the availability of resources than anything else. European and Asian people were able to develop their societies faster due to the abundance of resources which provided more leisure time. However, we are ALL descended from the original BLACK African people of the Sahara.

[ricefarmer]

i dont think so... look at blacks in america... lowest of all ethnicities and they been here for like 200 years...

ur probably black and can't take the truth

[HoleDweller]

Actually, I 'm a white Texan, and you are a bigot.

Black people have been forcibly held back, both in America and in Africa. Colonialism in Africa and slavery and its aftermath in the US is all you need to know about to understand some of the problems they face in our society. Only revisionists think otherwise.

Differences between ethnicities end at skin tone, facial features, and hair. Cultural differences are meaningless, as we are a product of the culture in which we were raised.

[ricefarmer]

wow ur the worst case of white guilt ive ever seen.. blacks aint held back they have as much opportunity as the next guy.. u retard

slavery? that was 200 years ago u dumbass.. i guess the white men are keeping them from being colledge grads right? i mean.. their only option is drugs and a life of crime right?

africans in africa are committing genocide right now u dumbass.. are u watching the same video im watching?

cultural difference meaningless? how many asians go to college vs mexicans?

[kissfan7]

"look at blacks in america... lowest of all ethnicities"

How are you measuring that?

"slavery? that was 200 years ago"

I've never understood this frame of thought. It assumes that after 1865 black people got their 40 acres and a mule and it totally ignores the unequal schooling, lyinching, segregation, and voter suppression, and de facto racism that occured after slavery ended.

"africans in africa are committing genocide right now[...]"

Please look up the definition of "genocide".

[HoleDweller]

Africans in Africa are committing genocide based off of Christian teachings, both Catholic and Protestant.

Wow. You are really bad at math. Ignoring the fact that you are off by about 50 years, what about segregation and Jim Crow laws?

You really need to get your head out of your ass and quit insulting people that actually know more about history than you do.

"how many asians go to college vs mexicans?" Perhaps you should take a look at China, North Korea, Vietnam...

[ArranoGris]

You sir are not worth the boil on the ass of a fly on a smear of dog shit on the bottom of my shoe. Fuck off until you learn some decency.

[ArranoGris]

Shouldn't you be out in the fields fucking a horse or something?

[Eastmanarium]

What a ridiculously dense comment. And you think African-Americans have only been here for 200 years? You really think whites and blacks have been equal since slavery ended? Nevermind segregation, Jim Crowe laws, or how long it took for people to actually abhor racism, and nevermind that majority-black (& hispanic) schools are far more underfunded than majority-white schools. Intelligence and how superstitious one is are not determined by race.

[spazzing]

Ricefarmer you turd why don't you dig a hole and stay there with your stupid David Archueta Christmas music you fool.

[kurtilein3]

10 years in prison, thats a decent way to stop harmful, irrational beliefs. apparently 10 years in prison here and now, in physical reality, are a more substantial threat than supposed negative effects resulting from tolerating nearby supposed witches.

they should do the same in jamaica, where christian fundamentalists use a similar biblical quote, the commandment to kill homosexuals, to similar effects. here they kill witches, there they kill homosexuals, and all that because of the bible.

[MatchCard]

800 million pounds.... Greedy Bitch

She thinks her videos are like block buster hollywood hits or something...

[thabithskit]

@MatchCard 1.2 billion dollars... is she fucking serious?

[thedarkmoonmidnight]

kudos to gary and stepping stones nigeria. He's a blessing to those kids

[10mintwo]

Don't just sit on your asses posting comments about how much this outrages you! Do that, but while you're doing it, go to the site for Stepping Stones Nigeria in the info box and DONATE to the charity helping these kids. This is a rare situation when simply donating money actually CAN help get rid of this shit, it CAN make these kid's lives better, we CAN help stop this. Do it now, I did and it takes 5 minutes.

[kentekent]

Just donate?

Fuck that! GO THERE and help out!

Take a year out of schedule, go to Africa and help your fellow human beings. That's what I plan to do.

[spikebarnett]

Gary is a true hero. Doing the grunt work just for the sake of good. I particularly like the way he marched into town and laid down the law. If only we were all as righteous (not in the religious sense) as Gary, it would be a wonderful world.

On a less serious note. I LOL'd at the old school wigs at 3:50.

[grebrim]

Remember the Kenyian priest giving Sarah Palin a blessing and asking God to keep witches away from her? Whose side would he be on?

[praisetruthplz]

At least that even though there is evil in the world, there will also be people who will fight against it.

[HumanStrategy]

Anybody else RAGE really hard through this entire documentary?

[AGrandt]

I am livid, to accuse children (or anyone) of witchcraft is and then try to kill them is absolutely inexcusable. If anyone is a witch(bitch) it's Utpapio

[tebinthehouse]

Just god awful for what these people do.

[Paxmax]

I can't bring my self to say it was a 'nice' vid collection, but it was a good vid collection about the horrors children face in that corner of the globe.

Did anyone notice from the beginning that this is just ONE small state of Nigeria that has these laws.... what horrors lurks in the other states?

[pete975]

That really is an appalling woman and I hope the next update we find she has been arrested too like that 'Bishop' creep.

Is it ten years for every child she denounces as a witch?

[EziekielNightwind]

20 for every child that has died because of her videos.

[notinlist]

There's hope.

[quickpua]

Un-fucking-believable! Thanks for sharing. I'm going to mirror this.

[mtnstateswhse]

Thanks for these. Its a sick world we live in. The world will be a better place without Religion.

[angelandraca]

This world would have a better hope for peace if religion was gone.

As long as religion is here, they'll be hate and discrimination.

We're getting closer, percentages of Atheist and "non-believers" are increasing every year.

^_^ There is hope.

[danielyeh]

@angelandraca

honeslty i don't think its the decrease of religion that will bring peace. its the increase of reason. without reason, something just as sinister and evil as this will take its place.

in reason we trust.

[Hershey]

You become nearly as ignorant as these buffoons when you make claims like this. Most religions, especially Christianity are inherently against this type of practice. It isn't religion that's causing this but the abuse of it. Please keep that in mind. You insult Billions of people when you make statements like this.

You should remember the people taking care of these kids are themselves Christian.

[endsequence]

The thing is, there are several *inherent* causes, and superstition, or to be frank, Christianity is in no way immune from a blanket criticism.

Christianity, along with practically any other religion I can think of have molded society into a gullible mess unfounded claims and possibilities. Yes Christians can be a force of good, but ultimately, they still have yet to answer to the forces of rationality and reason. They are in the same camp, saying we should believe without any proof.

[oumseyf]

@mtnstateswhse

was Hittler fighting in the name of God, was Mao murdering in the name of God? What about Staline? and so many others?

Sick human just need to use brain people with what they mostly respect and love, sometimes by religion, sometimes by politics and so on...

What this people are doing is not belong to christianity, and iam not christian, iam muslim and that's so clear, but you as so many are just taking advantage of this sort of extremisms to preech for your own philosophy.

[bajorjor1]

@oumseyf Yup Hilter used God a lot of times Mao and Stalin used Communism, Mohammed used Allah

[DoctorE0]

Terrible, just terrible,

Thanks for the upload!!

[SubTachyon]

Thank your for sharing this.