05/12/2025
In 2012, a 24-year-old Kenyan orphanage worker named Anthony Omari woke to the sound of three intruders forcing their way inside, each armed with a machete.
He fought them off alone, chasing them out of the building before taking a deep cut across his face. Even injured, he kept the children safe before collapsing from the attack.
Anthony survived, but the wound left an 11-inch gash that required extensive stitching. When nearby intern Ben Hardwick, a 21-year-old student from Penn State, heard what happened, he posted the story on Reddit hoping to raise just two thousand dollars for a stronger security fence.
Within a single day, people donated $65,000 to protect the orphanage.