Out of Africa: A survivor’s dream to serve
Haunted by horrific nightmares of a cruel past no one deserves, Sam Johnson persevered to build his dream for others…
With help from friends and donors in the Atlanta area, Macon, and elsewhere, he built and runs an orphanage in N'Zérékoré, in southeast Guinea. He calls it “Home of Hope,” and the hope is that orphaned and homeless children can have better lives.
Mercer alum opens orphanage in Guinea to give hope to those affected by war
Samuel Johnson knew that after coming to the states, he wanted to someday return back to Guinea and help those who had been left behind…
After graduating, he opened an orphanage in Guinea to give hope to those in his community. Samuel Johnson spent 8 years of his life as a refugee in Guinea.
Alumnus’ journey as refugee comes full circle as he’s named Friend of Freedom
In 2007, a teenaged Samuel Johnson and his four siblings were brought to Georgia from a United Nations refugee camp in Guinea where they’d been living in a tent for eight years after fleeing violence in Liberia.
Torchbearer Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School Alumni Magazine-Features Sam Johnson
Since earning since diploma from Holy Innoncents’ Episcopal School, Sam Johnson ‘09 has graduated from Mercer University, gotten married, founded the nonprofit My Vision For Refugees and opened an orphanage in Guinea… And that’s just the beginning.
Back to Africa
An immigrant from Liberia and a schoolteacher from Woodstock find common ground in their love of a continent and a desire to help others.
Mercer Senior Survived Civil War, Refugee Camp
Sam Johnson was 9 years old when civil war snatched his childhood. He remembers fleeing from his home in Liberia, barefoot in the dark.
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