Mohamed Bzeek, a 65-year-old former Libyan immigrant, arrived in the United States more than four decades ago.

Bzeek wanted to study electronic engineering, but life had other plans. After the LA Times ran a story about Bzeek’s selfless efforts to give children the warmth of family, Mohamed’s life made headlines.

Since 1995, Mohamed and his wife have been adopting orphans left at hospitals. Now, widower, Bzeek continues to help kids feel safe and loved during their last months of life. Heartwarming and inspiring, Mohamed’s life journey brings tears to our eyes.

In 1997, Bzeek married his late wife and became a citizen of the United States.

Interestingly, Mohamed Bzeek was once a marathon runner before coming to America.

Although his plans seemed to change constantly, caring for terminally ill children is permanent.

Bzeek fostered 80 children over the past decades, and ten kids died in his arms. “I adopt orphans left at hospitals or taken from their families by the state because of violence and pressure,” explains Mohamed.

His home is the only house in California that takes in children with such challenging health problems.

Sadly, children often come nameless to Mohamed’s household.

The Department of Child Services in LA works with Bzeek. “They tell me when children are about to die and ask if I can adopt them. They know that I do not hesitate to accept,” says Mohamed. He adds:

“In the hospital, they give birth, they leave them. Their families don’t name them. It comes on the paper: ‘Baby boy,’ ‘Baby girl.’ I name them. I give them names.”

Sophie Keefer recently visited Mohamed and wrote about that experience for the International Children’s Palliative Care Network.

Keefer described Bzeek as a bear of a man with a long beard and a soft smile.

At the time of Keefer’s visit, Mohamed was a foster father to a 6-year-old girl with a rare brain condition called encephalocele.

Enchepalocele means that, at birth, part of the girl’s brain protruded through an opening in the skull.

Because of that, the girl cannot see, hear, speak or move. Despite everything, Bzeek is calm and confident when taking care of the children. Mohamed is not a doctor, but his love sometimes helps these kids more than any medicine would.

Nevertheless, caring for sick children is a painful process.

“I know it’s heartbreak. I know it’s a lot of work, and I know it will hurt me sometimes. You know, I feel sad. But, in my opinion, we should help each other, you know?”

For the past three years, a nurse has been helping Mohamed so that he can take small breaks and pray at his mosque.

We’re sad to say that Mohamed has health problems, too. In 2019, doctors diagnosed Bzeek with stage-2 colon cancer.

As if that wasn’t enough, Bzeek’s biological son Adam is also sick. He was born with brittle bones and dwarfism.

We admire Mohamed’s strength.

He has never let problems defeat him. Bzeek said that he felt scared when doctors told him about cancer and truly understood how terrified his children must have felt.

Luckily, there is a way to, at least, help Bzeek financially. Feel free to do so via the GoFundMe link.

The Diyanet Foundation awarded Mohamed the International Benevolence Award, and his life has also been made into a documentary

“Guardian of Angels” documentary follows Bzeek’s story in detail. You can check out the trailer here.

People have nicknamed Bzeek the Muslim Mother Theresa, and words aren’t enough to describe how proud we are of this humble man who has endless sympathy for others.

Take care of yourself, Mohamed. Your children need you!

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Source: ICPCN; Image; BrightWibes; TanksGoodNews; SpectrumNews1; LATimes