The diabolic brand of Domestic Violence. Mercy's left eye was pierced and completely destroyed by her stepmother. Mercy Kiende, is aged 14 and in Class 7. Her mother passed away and her father married a second wife. Her step mother has abused her for a long time: physically(assault) and psychologically. But the worst abuse was when the step mother pierced and completely destroyed Mercy's left eye; the doctors from the Lions Eye Hospital in Kenya have done what they can but all has been in vain. Now they have reffered her for special operation abroad. The father and stepmother are both Hiv/Positive. In fact, the stepmother is in her latter stages of the scourge. But through BCC, Mercy was able to get sponsors and wellwishers for her special operation in Texas USA. "I thank God for bringing me to BCC," She says.