Oblivious to the world that was sympathizing with his misery, this Syrian refugee had no idea that a picture of him selling pens on the streets of Beirut, Lebanon, would herald a turning point in his life. Faith in humanity was reaffirmed when people from all across the world came forward to help.

Gissur Simonarson, a Norway-based activist, posted on Twitter a picture of a man carrying his sleeping daughter while selling pens. Within half an hour, people started tweeting back asking the identity and whereabouts of the man so that they could offer financial aid.

Soon enough, the man was located and identified as Abdul Halim Attar, a single father of two kids. He was living in Yarmouk, a Palestinian camp in Damascus (Syria).