How Joseph Found a Home at Mercy Childcare Joseph is a 10-year-old boy at Mercy Childcare Ministry in Uganda whose story began with abandonment. He was found in a nearby town and rescued by police officers. Because Joseph has Down syndrome, no homes were willing to take him in, so he remained at the police station for some time. Eventually, the officers reached out to Mercy Childcare Ministry, and they stepped in to welcome Joseph into their care, giving him a safe and loving

Maxim was one of the first children to come to Future for Children in Ukraine when he began attending in 2016. For nearly a decade now, Maxim and his sister have been coming to the program at FFC nearly every day.