Lost boys rescued from Amazon after four weeks

Two young boys spent nearly a month lost in the Amazon rainforest, but incredibly managed to survive the ordeal.

Two children who spent four weeks missing in the Brazilian Amazon jungle have been found alive.

Eight-year-old Glauco and six-year-old Gleison Ferreira were chasing birds before they lost their way in the rainforest near Manicoré, Amazonas state on February 18.

After the pair disappeared, the police, fire department and National Indian Foundation along with 260 others spent weeks trying to locate them to no avail.

Authorities made the decision to call off the search on 24 February.

Emergency services decided to call off their search on 24 February. However, local residents never gave up. Picture: Marco Antonio Rezende/Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty

Fast forward four weeks and the boys were located by a woodcutter after he heard the younger boy’s screams for help.

According to the BBC, the woodcutter managed to find the boys lying down malnourished, weak and injured – six kilometres from Palmeira in the Lago Capanã protected land reserve where they reside with their family.

The man who cuts wood found the boys malnourished and with skin abrasions. Picture: Getty

Local media report that the brothers had eaten nothing and had only drunk rainwater for the four weeks that they were in the jungle.

After the pair were rescued on Thursday morning, they were transported to a children’s hospital in Manaus where they were treated for severe malnourishment and dehydration.

They will remain in hospital until they recover.