Name of the organization
“Yezewditu Meshesha Yehitsanatna Beteseb Yebego Adragotna Limat Mahber” was registered by the Agency of Charities and societies with a registration number first 3023 in 2010 and later during registration period with reg. number 0528.
Establishment
Since its establishment in 1991 Zewditu Meshesha Yehitsanatna Beteseb Bego Adragotna Limat Mahber (Zewditu Meshesha Children and Family Welfare Development Association) has fostered over 250 children. Most of these children are orphans and vulnerable coming from very poor families. Zewditu had fostered these children without any support from any organization except from her friends and relatives. She sold her house and her two automobiles for the same purpose. Zewditu who is asthmatic sometimes goes to Sodore near Nazaret, for hot holy water bath. In one of her trips she met people who were displaced from their regular residence of Arbagugu, in Arsi. They were tired and in very bad shape. She offered to take them what little she had. At the time she lived in a house with large compound rented from a Government Agency. 26 children and 7 adult followed her. As time went on, people who lived around her residence and elsewhere seeing that she is doing a humanitarian work began to bring orphaned and vulnerable children for help thus the number of children who needed help grew extremely large. She was unable to foster so many children. So she was advised by her friends to register as an NGO that she may be able to get fund.
Vision of the organization
To see that the Demand of children are maintained and they get a better condition of education, health and social services.
Mission
- To create a better condition for the upbringing of the child where his basic needs are fulfilled;
- To ensure that orphans and vulnerable children get formal education and vocational skills training;
- Exert all effort so that children are kept healthy and are cared for by the community as well and
- To cooperate with other bodies to enable the fulfillment of children’s basic needs.
Objective of the organization
- Create conditions for orphans, to get education and become self-supporting citizens;
- Help children who are in difficult situations get the necessary support from the community and
- Create conditions that, low income families get economic support.