It’s hard to imagine the degree of selflessness a person has to have or develop within their souls to forgo all personal ambition and desires to instead serve a higher purpose in life, such as being a humanitarian. Moira Therese Kelly is an esteemed Australian humanitarian worker who, in 2001, was awarded the Order of Australia in recognition of her outstanding humanitarian service both in her home country and abroad. Over the years, Moria has adopted several children from impoverished countries with challenging physical conditions. In 2009, she became the legal guardian of Trishna and Krishna, two cranially conjoined twins from Bangladesh.
Moira also adopted two brothers from Iraq named Ahmed and Emmanuel. Both brothers were born with extremely underdeveloped limbs caused by chemical warfare, which impacted them in their mother’s womb. Moira discovered the boys living in the Mother Teresa Orphanage in Bagdad, Iraq, after they were abandoned by their mother in a shoebox. The num decided to bring them home to Australia for medical treatment. Today, Ahmad is a quadruple amputee who’s also an expert swimmer and was an athlete in the 2012 Summer Paralympics. While her son Emannuel would go on to compete in the 2011 season of the X-Factor, sadly, his dream did not come true that year, but in 2017 the band Coldplay decided to give Emmanuel’s mom a special surprise while performing live in Melbourne, Australia. Moira was in the cr0wd as lead singer, Christopher Martin paid tribute to the humble humanitarian. He also brought her son Emannuel on stage for a very special performance of John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
Today Emmanuel is still pursuing his dream of one day, making it big in the music industry. His song, “EDIS Never Alone,” is a soulful and uplifting tune that celebrates the strength of faith and the human spirit.
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You can watch this touching performance in the video below.