Wayne Ingram and Stefan: A Lifelong Bond Featured in the Metro

Ex-Soldier and Bosnian Boy: A Lifelong Bond That Changed Us Both

The story of Wayne Ingram MBE and Stefan Savic continues to inspire two decades on, and this week it was highlighted in the Metro newspaper. Back in 2003, Wayne was serving as a peacekeeper in Bosnia when he was shown a photograph of Stefan, a four-year-old boy born with a rare facial cleft. Without urgent […]

Brave British Soldier Saves Boy’s Face – My Journey with Stefan

A Soldier’s Promise: How One Man’s 13-Year Mission Saved a Boy’s Life and Changed His Own

Read the full article in The Sun here. It still feels surreal to see my story — “Brave British soldier saves boy’s face” — told in national newspapers like The Sun. To me, it was never about being called a hero. It was about a promise I made in Bosnia in 2003, a promise that […]

The Epoch Times – 10 Oct 2023

Exactly 20 years ago, he won the hearts of a British soldier and countless English TV viewers. Today, the impact of the little boy from Bosnia, Stefan Savic, is still deeply felt. Stefan was born with an extremely rare, severe facial cleft that threatened his life and prevented him from having a childhood. He would […]

The Sun – 04 July 2020

Article in the Sun Online, by Thomas Burrows ‘Sense of Pride’ – A BRIT soldier, who raised £140,000 to pay for life-changing surgery for a Bosnian boy he met on patrol, has said he feels a ‘tremendous sense of pride’ as the lad turns 21 Wayne Ingram, from Portland in Dorset, met Stefan Savic, a […]