16/09/2026
At just 24 years old, Anthony Omari faced six machete-wielding attackers with nothing but a hammer—and 37 sleeping children depending on him. 💔🛡️
On the night of January 23, 2012, Omari was sleeping at Faraja Children’s Home in Ngong, Kenya, where he helped his mother, Martha Bosire, care for the children.
He suddenly woke to find six intruders standing over his bed. It was already the fourth break-in at the orphanage that month.
Omari grabbed the hammer he kept beneath his bed and confronted the attackers, forcing them outside. But when he heard the terrified children crying, he turned back toward them.
One attacker struck him across the face with a machete, leaving him seriously wounded. Despite the injury, Omari managed to lock the front door and protect the children before collapsing.
He received 11 stitches and spent two days in the hospital. But instead of staying away, he returned to the orphanage because he didn't want the children left without protection.
His courage eventually reached thousands of people around the world. After Penn State student Ben Hardwick shared his story online, more than 3,600 people from all 50 U.S. states and 46 countries donated over $80,000.
That money helped provide the orphanage with a stronger security fence, guards, and proper beds for children who had been sleeping on the floor.
Omari later earned a civil engineering degree, started his own construction company, and continues to visit the children at Faraja.
He didn't just protect 37 children that night.
He reminded the world what courage, sacrifice, and compassion can look like. ❤️🛡️
