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Dear Friends and Supporters of One Mission International
The Ethiopian Children Are Dying....
It's a country that has been ravaged by disease, poverty, and war . The death of millions of people by war and , untold numbers of deaths from malaria, HIV, and starvation, have left literally millions of children without parents.
A cycle of poverty and hopeless despair continues as thousands die everyday. The burden is great. For generations it has been too easy to just look away...
Welcome to the One Mission International (OMI),wonderful organization, lovingly created to help transform the lives of orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children in need in Merhabete,Ethiopia.Our main site is under construction.This site is new, so to continue our fundraising efforts.You will continue to see changes to the content in the coming months. We welcome you to continue to check our site for new updates about our organization and the cause we are supporting.
Every 15 Sec another child become Aids Orphan.Every day more children Orphan.Every Year 2,102,400, 145 million in the world and 6 million in Ethiopia.The populations of orphans make up theoretically 7th largest nations.These children are hungry, lonely and afraid. They live in poverty in subhuman conditions devoid of basic needs such as nutrition, clothing, housing and sanitary facilities. They have no prospect for education or training opportunities that would empower them to function as productive citizens in the future.
OMI begining
The vision for this project came from Mimi Getahun , who had a dream to build an orphanage which would provide abandoned children with adequate food, shelter, safety, love, support, and training for future independence. Ever since she was a teenager, Mimi dreamed of opening an orphanage and school in Ethiopia. After many years away from her homeland,Ethiopia, in 1999, she visited her home. During the visit, she could not forget the many orphans whom she met along her way.It was very difficult to explain the terrible conditions children face in the streets Ethiopia. Thousands of children and families in Ethiopia live on $1.00 per day for food. It became evident that a large number of children lived in cardboard houses and only the garbage dump as their neighborhood. As a result, there is terrible poverty, disease, lack of education, and abandonment of children. Mimi was burdened by the poverty and despair that gripped this emerging generation of orphans. Unable to turn back to their cries, she set out to fight on behalf of these orphans for a chance of a better life and made a decision to make a difference. After meeting with community leaders, various missionary workers, and the concerned citizens, Mimi committed her efforts to building a home for abandoned children that would allow these children to escape terrible poverty, disease, and abandonment,and to replace it with love, care, support, education, career training, and future independence. In 2003 she moved to Ethiopia in order to start One Mission International. She was able to take the first step in making that dream a reality. In 2005 – with her own money, without land, without any support she just started.She set out to fight on behalf of these orphans for a chance of a better life.OMI began with one Ethiopian woman that chose to dedicate herself to giving orphaned and abandoned children the tools to change their own lives and futures.
OMI seeks to offer holistic,community-oriented care to orphans and vulnerable children. Through networking with generous people throughout the world.We work towards the common end of securing hope and a promising future for society's most vulnerable youth.
Our main goal is to fund, build, and sustain the largest community based orphanage in Ethiopia , the "OMI Orphanage". The care of orphans and street children is our number ONE MSSION.
Organization
One Mission International is a non-profit charitable organization designed to function in perpetuity.We are a legally registered (28237)charities organization in Washington State. This organization has been in existence for 4 years. Our mission is to take good care of orphan children who were once a beggar and now found a home in ONE MISSION International. These children exist, they are not going away, and their numbers are growing.We are having a big number of orphans today, which are 81 in numbers.
All members of the board are volunteers and receive no compensation for their involvement on the board. The board operates from bylaws that clearly define organizational parameters and ensures that all donations and resources are specifically earmarked for the support of abandoned children. The board is designed to have a broad representation of community leaders, educators, businesses, religion, service organizations, and community representatives from Ethiopia and the United States, to serve with the one common purpose of helping others in need.
Services Provided
Our primary services are to operate a loving home for orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children, and to provide them with food, shelter, safety, security, education, vocational skills, high values, spirituality, and the means to be able to become productive and contributing citizens in their respective community. In addition, we have and continue to provide various levels of support to existing orphanages in need.