Steven Ajayi takes care of 119 children who live at the Vine Heritage Home in Nigeria, a shelter he opened in 2004 for children who have been branded as evil in their communities.
Campaign Tackles Baby-killing Ritual in Nigeria
- By Chika Oduah
![Bature Dangana, the chief of Kutara village in the outskirts of the Nigerian capital of Abuja, encouraged his community to end ritual baby killings.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d6ce063d-ec96-4838-bf37-f790c1020867_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bature Dangana, the chief of Kutara village in the outskirts of the Nigerian capital of Abuja, encouraged his community to end ritual baby killings.
![Ten-year-old twins, Yauseh and Asana, sit next to their mother, Zainabu. The girls are among the first set of twins in Kutara village in Nigeria allowed to live, instead of being killed.](https://gdb.voanews.com/450ccedd-a690-4f82-b8cb-c224c1a23706_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ten-year-old twins, Yauseh and Asana, sit next to their mother, Zainabu. The girls are among the first set of twins in Kutara village in Nigeria allowed to live, instead of being killed.