What We Do

What We Do

We support programs focused on orphaned and vulnerable children and youth of the Medhen Social Center, located in one of the most impoverished areas in the world outside of city center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Unlike traditional institutional ‘orphanages’, the structure of Medhen Orphan Relief Effort (M.O.R.E.) -- and the onsite program at the Medhen Social Center (MSC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- is different. The MSC has created a network of home-based care to support the needs of hundreds of orphaned and vulnerable children annually who need parental / caregiver support - somewhat like a foster care system except that both the orphaned and vulnerable children are placed in homes, very often where there is extreme poverty. As such, the orphaned and vulnerable children supported by M.O.R.E. live with families who can care for them as their own family members, and M.O.R.E. -- through the MSC -- provides financial support to a large tight knit group of the caregivers and the children, thus addressing healing an entire community structure and cycle of poverty that is otherwise overlooked. 

MSC’s model for handling the care of orphaned and vulnerable children in an extremely disadvantaged community is very different and has been globally studied. It illustrates a new approach for remedying the issues of orphaned children and extreme poverty in the communities affected. In the past 25 years, thanks to big-hearted donors’ assistance, M.O.R.E. and MSC have assisted thousands to survive, feel pride, and live better, self-sustaining lives.

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