Mercy Angels Foundation
Was opened on the 24th of November 2001 and became fully operational in April 2004.
It is a multifaceted international mission non-profit organization with a humanitarian appeal under the Restoration Bible Church and Ministries International. With headquarters in Kaduna, North-West Nigeria.
It is involved in a number of outreach programs that has positively impacted the lives of the people.
The goals and objectives of Mercy Angels Foundation are as follows:
– Provide a home for orphans and abandoned babies
– Counsel and offer free delivery antenatal and postnatal services for young girls and unwed mothers.
-Empower young girls and unwed mothers with skill acquisition such as sewing, knitting, computer literacy, and the like provide inexpensive and free medical services for the communities providing education to Orphans.
Current Status
The Mercy Angels Hospital: Mercy Angels Hospital, a government-approved and National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) certified health facility provides annual free and subsidized medical and surgical interventions for the less privileged conducted by Nigerian and foreign doctors. These services are without religious and tribal bias.
Conservatively over 2000 surgeries have been conducted and 15000 medical consultations.
Mercy Home Orphanage: In April 2004, the first orphan baby, was welcomed to his new home. Another baby, Mark, was brought in on 11th August.
Women Vocational Centre: Adults with special needs are given training in different vocations in order to empower them with certain specific skills. The acquisition of these skills would later lead to employment and economic independence. The people who come to this unit learn various skills like carpentry, tailoring and embroidery, arts & crafts and block printing of fabrics.
SHEKAINAH CHILDREN’S HOME
Mercy Angels Foundation provides a home(Mercy Home Orphanage): It was opened on the 24th November 2001. The Home was commissioned by Her Excellency, Late First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo. The Home provides total care as well as medical and educational attention for orphans. Tertiary education is provided to orphans, after the completion of their primary and secondary education at Mercy Angels Foundation schools on her campus.
Presently seven(7) of the orphans have graduated from Kaduna State University with bachelor’s degrees; eight others are present in universities and other higher institutions of learning such as Kaduna State Polytechnic. Other children who aren’t formal education inclined, are currently undergoing empowerment under informal training within fields such as Mechanics, Shoemaking, Carpentry, Hairdressing, Tailoring. Some of them have completed such training, and they are currently self-sufficient teenagers.
Mercy Home Orphanage is ministering in the midst of great needs which are peculiar in developing countries. Life expectancies are low, orphans are many, and medicines and medical care are often scarce with many children facing a bleak future.
Mercy Home by December of 2005 has had over 1700 babies born at the Clinic, Immunization has been carried out for over 750 babies. The orphanage home has catered for 50 orphans and 48 presently live at the home.
Throughout the world, we have seen how you can significantly change the lives of orphans who are struggling through the funds you give. Mercy Home connects you, our Partners, with compelling projects and opportunities to make a difference in these children’s lives.
Mercy Home is working to meet a critical need by providing homes with love, mentoring, and important education for these young people at a time in their life when many are lost.
The challenges the church and country face are in the areas of funding for the school-age orphans, medical supplies at the clinic, completing the Mercy Home Nursery/Primary School. gifts in cash and kind have been a great blessing. If you do wish to donate towards this cause, please make cheques payable to ‘Restoration Ministries’, with the word ‘Orphanage’ on the reverse, and send them to us at the address below.
There are also opportunities for churches to send teams to assist in the construction and development
Mercy Home Orphanage First Bank of Nigeria Plc Acc. No: 2122030004251
Domiciliary Acc No: 2122900729147