Project Mercy Inc.

“Demeke telke-wold marta gabre-tsadick co-ceo ceo spouse bete demeke marta gabre-tsadick director ceo son priscilla brown marta gabre-tsadick director ceo daughter”

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“The vision of project mercy is to "renew the heart of a nation by freeing people from physical and spiritual poverty". Their mission is to transform how people live and think and build strong, self-sufficient communities in ethiopia and beyond through new knowledge, better health, sustainable food sources and strengthened character for all people as a living example of the love of jesus christ. This international ministry was started in 1977 to provide emergency relief and relocation assistance to ethiopian refugees. At its peak, the ministry grew to reach seven countries in africa with its focus on assisting displaced refugees in djibouti, guinea, ivory coast, kenya, liberia, malawi, and sudan. In 1993 the organization shifted its focus to creating a relief and development model that can be used by others to help break the cycle of famine and poverty in communities. They have taken an integrated and holistic community development approach in aiding rural communities in ethiopia with a variety of programs to address both the physical and spiritual needs of the areas.”

“Their holistic care and service. A new health science college was opened in the fall of 2014 which provides training in midwifery. The goal is to train new midwives through an intense and accelerated one-year program and provide short-term (5 to 10 day) training for current, in-service, health care professionals. At the end of its first year, the health science college successfully graduated 100% of its students - all of whom passed the certification of competency (coc) exams administered by the government. The second cohort of 51 students was enrolled in the early spring of 2016. At the conclusion of the one-year accelerated program for midwifery (for those students that had already attended a three-year clinical nursing curriculum), forty-three out of the fifty-one graduates achieved the highest ranking of coc level 4 certification. Graduations for the second cohort were held in the fall of 2017 and the third cohort of students started class the first quarter of 2018.”

“Many of the students give back to the community by teaching literacy, hiv/aids prevention, family planning, basic arithmetic and back yard gardening to families in the hard to reach mountain areas surrounding yetebon. Thousands of people have benefited from this initiative, and more than 8,000 can now read and write for the first time because of these programs.”

“Management. Local, poor, farmer families receive a cross-bred heifer when that heifer is six months pregnant. After caring for and getting acclimated with their new heifer for approximately three months, beneficiaries start enjoying nutritional and financial benefits of having an animal that gives more than four times the daily milk yield vs indigenous cows. Since the beginning of distribution until now, 88 families have received a crossbred heifer35 of whom took their heifer home in 2017.”

“A skills enhancement program is empowering women and men from the community by training them in marketable skills that they can use to earn an income. Women are being trained in traditional spinning of cotton, weaving baskets, creating embroidered table linens and making elegant jewelry. Men are learning masonry, construction material fabrication, carpentry and metal working. In addition to learning a valuable trade, every individual enrolled in our skills enhancement program must also learn basic reading, writing, and arithmetic. It is important to teach them these skills to help them make a better living and eventually run their own businesses. Several years ago, project mercy embarked on an orphan and foster care program called the "children's institute" in response to a request by the local government of the oromia region. The plan provided for a nurturing environment for vulnerable young children in a family-like setting of one house mother and up to six children per home. The location of the project mercy children's institute is at legatafo, just inside the eastern edge of the addis ababa city limits. Unfortunately, this program is on-hold due to the new city's mayor's decision. Project mercy continues to care for vulnerable and abandoned children in yetebon.”

“ETHIOPIA”