A man risks his life to defend children from thieves at a Kenyan orphanage

    This is an amazing story of bravery, courage, and the good side of humanity!  I can't give justice to this amazing story with my own words, so here is the story as told by the original poster on reddit.com. (Original post with full comments here.)  This is the orphanage's website. http://www.longonoteducation.org/ and this is the write up in the Huffington post. Please nominate Omari for the World of Children $50,000 grant here.

    "Meet Omari. Two days ago he returned from the hospital after being hacked in the face by a machete defending an orphanage of 35 children by himself. Think we could raise the $2,000 needed for the remainder of the cement/barbed wire wall to keep both him and the children safe?"

This is Omari.  A hero if there ever was one!

"    After two previous invasions during the week, Omari was relatively certain another would occur. He woke up to the sound of footsteps outside his door, he figured it was his mother taking a few of the boys outside to go to the bathroom. He quickly realized that the footsteps were heavy, and that of more than one person; he then saw a flashlight shine beneath the crack of his door. Being the third time this happened that week, he had already stashed a hammer beside his bed. He grabbed it, and threw it at the first person who entered his room. He hit the person square in the head, and chased the rest out. The following night, the three thugs returned, presumably to avenge their friend. Omari put up a fight but was outnumbered. The last thing he remembers was being struck in the face by the machete. He has been in and out of the hospital since, yet remains positive and confident that the suspects will one day see justice. Until then, I only hope that is courage and strength is felt by all of you. Speaking with him was a very humbling and special experience that I will never forget. "

    What else can be said?  First of all, the conditions he is already working under are staggering to consider... and then to defend, single-handed, on multiple occasions the orphanage and its children... this man is a Hero with a capitol "H".