U.S.-Sponsored Orphanage Burned in Nigeria by Terrorists

A screenshot from video of a burned orphanage in Plateau state, Nigeria, on Aug. 3, 2021. Courtesy of Joshua Dickson

They came to the orphanage without parents. As of the night of Aug. 2, they were homeless, too.

The only orphanage supported by a U.S. nonprofit in the conflict-devastated Jos area of Plateau State in Nigeria has been destroyed, but the staff and children are safe, according to Rev. William Murray, founder of the Religious Freedom Coalition.