Atambua Orphanage
In September 1999 over 250,000 refugees arrived here from
East Timor, after their vote for independence and the following violence and East Timor Riots. While the vast majority have returned, many have not. Many children in the refugee had either lost their parents due to the fighting or had become separated from them. While many children were eventually reunited with their parent(s) or relatives, some were not. The children at this home were rescued from the hopelessness and despair of the refugee camp situated on the border of Atambua.
 received the love and nurture every child needs to survive. Mercy Atambua was
established in 2005. The survivors of the violence that engulfed East Timor have a new life here in the Atambua
home.Each morning all the children gather and pray together for one hour before breakfast. Some of the children go to school in the morning and others in the afternoon. They help with house hold chores before dinner and in the evenings study their lessons. They close the day with singing, worshiping and praying together. Currently, the Atambua home leaders are Nimrod Boi Mau and his wife Yuli. Nimrod graduated from dMAKER school in Bali.Together they have a passionate heart for the ministry and discipleship of Indonesian children. Eva, the assistant,
helps for cook. The Staff:
 Nimrod graduated from dMAKER school in Bali. Together they have a passionate heart for the ministry and discipleship of Indonesian children. There is also Eva who helps to take care of the children.
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