A woman has finally found the man who gifted her a bike 24 years ago when she was living in a refugee camp with her family.

Mevan Babakar, who lived as a child refugee in a camp near Zwolle, Netherlands, is now a successful woman.

She recently took a sabbatical leave from her work to track down her family’s journey after they fled Iraq in the 1990’s during the Gulf War.

The 29-year-old posted the picture of a man she hadn’t forgotten since her childhood.

Revealing how the man, a refugee camp worker, gave her a bike, Mevan asked the netizens to tag just ‘anyone and everyone from the Netherlands!’ so that she can discover him.

“My five-year-old heart exploded with joy. I just want to know his name. Help?” Mevan wrote in her tweet.

WE FOUND HIM!! A thread ??

After 3000 RTs, 3 news articles, 1 video and thousands of wonderful messages from around the world, @Arjen78 made contact with the family!

Guys, I knew the internet was great but this is something else. https://t.co/H4qmL1uVqQ

— Mevan | میڤان (@MeAndVan) August 13, 2019

Her post went viral in no time, getting thousands of shares and likes by Twitter users. Many people jotted down similar kind acts done to them by the same man and his wife.

And thanks to the power of social media, the man whose kindness had impacted many lives was identified in less than 24 hours. What’s even more amazing was the fact that he was found living extremely close to where Mevan was present at the time.

An overjoyed Mevan met the kind worker, Egbert, the following day in Germany.

Sharing her feelings about the heartwarming reunion, Mevan told BuzzFeed News: “I felt like I’d been transported back in time. I felt safe, like I’d seen a family member I hadn’t seen in a long time. It was hugely surreal and kind of overwhelming, a lot of emotions at once.”

After their heartwarming reunion, the two of them promised to stay in contact with each other.

When Egbert first learned that someone from the refugee camp wanted to see him, he told a local journalist that “it would have been Mevan and her mother.”

Curious internet users asked Mevan how Egbert still remembered her mother and her, and she replied: “My mom worked with him as much as she could; we both spoke a little bit of English.

“I think that my mother especially is somebody who can bring a lot of light and love to a situation.”

Mevan was over the moon for reuniting with the person who had helped her family in their bad times. Tracking down Egbert was an important part of her efforts to retrace her family’s refugee story.

“I felt like our refugee story was something that happened to me, not necessarily something that I owned,” she said.

“There were many parts that I remembered, and many parts that I didn’t. I wanted to color in my memory of that period, and rethink it as an adult.”

For those wondering here what five year old Mevan looked like. This was my fifth birthday in the refugee camp in Zwolle. She doesn't even know that an incredible bike is coming her way aaaany day now! pic.twitter.com/caZ6NGFh55

— Mevan | میڤان (@MeAndVan) August 12, 2019

As the story of her reunion went viral, many individuals who previously were refugees shared the kind incidents that were done to them by someone.

Mevan remarked many of such stories “we don’t normally hear, because they happened at a time of danger, and it gets subsumed into everything else as people live quiet lives. But for every bad refugee story, there are thousands and thousands of positive ones.”

“The most important thing I want people to realize is that as an individual, you are powerful, and you’re powerful in the way you treat people,” she added.

“When things are bleak and when things are dark, there are always acts of kindness between people that can shape a lifetime.”

This is Egbert. He's been helping refugees since the 90s. He was so happy to see me. He was proud that I'd become a strong and brave woman. He said that was his wish for me when I was small. He grows orchids. He has a beautiful family. He said it felt like I'd never left. pic.twitter.com/WlDWm2seVh

— Mevan | میڤان (@MeAndVan) August 13, 2019

She thanked all the people who helped her in finding Egbert by sharing her story.

“Never in my wildest dreams did I think this story would resonate so strongly across the world. I’m completely honored and humbled by the response,” she said.

“How we treat each other is everything, big actions or small. At the end of the day, it’s the measure of us all.”