Monkey-man Mowgli heads off exile: Goes to school in cute uniform!

New Delhi, Oct 24:Monkey-man Zanziman Ellie who had turned Mowgli after living with animals has returned to his real-life heading off the Rwandan jungle recently.  He has begun walking to school in a cute uniform.  Ellie, now a lad of 22 years had left human habitat and was living in exile with wild animals as the local community shunned him for his monkey-like face and compositions. However, things are looking up for him after being enrolled in a special school with the help of social reformers. Ellie who was running away for the deep forest after locals turned their backs – but it has been quite a transformation that he is as civilized as a man, as socialized as a school-going boy, said media houses of Africa and the UK.   {"id":144029,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"none"} A ‘real-life Mowgli’ who spent years of his life in the jungle now wears a suit every day and attends a local school. Zanziman Ellie had fled away from his home in Rwanda after the local community turned their backs on him for his ugly look similar to a gibbon or an ancient ancestral human being. Subsequently, his story was featured in a special documentary and floated on social media. He became a media glare after the YouTube show and Afrimax TV aired it in February last year. In fact, Zanziman can’t speak and refuses to eat the food prepared for him by his adoring mother but he seems to be fitting in perfectly as he left the jungle life behind to return home last year. After returning to his old home, things are on the up and donations have allowed him to go to a special needs school. Following the documentary, Afrimax TV set up a GoFundMe page where donations flooded in from viewers around the world hoping to help Ellie and his mother build a better life. The news site Atinkanews reports that the donations have been used to send Ellie to a school for children with special needs at the Ubumwe Community Center, Gisenyi, Rwanda. At present, he regularly wears a well-fitting suit as he heads to class where he is studying to become an asset to his community, reports Atinkanews. Zanziman now has lots of new friends and loves his school life. Ellie’s mother said: “God has blessed a miracle for her. He was being ridiculed and I would often run after him. At the moment he is in school with his peers and I am so happy.” “My son is having a good life, well-wishers have built me a house, all of my sorrows have been taken away”, she added. Ellie is now somewhat of a celebrity with people constantly stopping him on the street to take a picture with the young man whose life has changed drastically. In the documentary, Ellie’s mother told reporters that due to his appearance, Ellie was the target of bullying in the village his entire life, with his peers often calling him “monkey” and “ape”. South African Media houses reported last year, “From consultation with health experts, we believe the boy is suffering from microcephaly which is further compounded by a lack of understanding and love from the villagers. “He may not necessarily like to live in the jungle but he looks to be running away from an abusive mob that causes him to do things he dislikes.” wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/TheSunUS/status/1451767949228924934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1451767949228924934%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_\u0026ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prameyanews7.com%2Freal-life-mowgli-who-lived-in-jungle-now-goes-to-school-well-dressed-zanziman-ellie-viral-story%2F","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} https://twitter.com/TheSunUS/status/1451767949228924934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1451767949228924934%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prameyanews7.com%2Freal-life-mowgli-who-lived-in-jungle-now-goes-to-school-well-dressed-zanziman-ellie-viral-story%2F /wp:embed wp:embed {"url":"https://www.the-sun.com/news/3913946/real-mowgli-jungle-bullies-suit-school-rwanda/?utm_medium=Social\u0026utm_campaign=sunustwitter\u0026utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1634927981","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} https://www.the-sun.com/news/3913946/real-mowgli-jungle-bullies-suit-school-rwanda/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunustwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1634927981 /wp:embed