About M.O.M.

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This compassionate couple struggles daily to feed, clothe, educate and give medical care to so many. In the beginning, most of the children were the physically or mentally challenged, but more recently the additions have mostly come from newborn orphans.

M.O.M. also tries to provide medicines and formula to families willing to take care of motherless children and epileptic family members.

M.O.M. is not supported by the State.

Faith , like light, should always be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.
Martin Luther

Ministry of Mercy (M.O.M.) is a charitable children’s home in Nigeria, caring for and educating orphans, abandoned babies, epileptics, albinos and children with other disabilities. While recognized as a state charity, the Nigerian government does not currently support M.O.M. Part of the beauty of MOM is that these children are cared for largely by adults. Most of these adults are hired on the basis of their own disabilities or because they are disenfranchised people who would otherwise struggle for survival in their traditional society. M.O.M. serves the disadvantaged and shows the love of Christ with actions and words.

M.O.M. was founded in 1992 by Daniel and Esther Edeh. Starting with just a few “family members,” M.O.M. has now grown to over 300 and is the largest orphanage in Nigeria. Young women who are widowed or sometimes have physical challenges of their own, are hired by Daniel as surrogate mothers to care for the children. Each woman will be assigned up to 8 children and will eat and sleep with and care for these children as if they were her own.