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Meseret Humanitarian Organization (MHO) is women-headed a non-governmental, non-profit charitable organization devoted to reducing vulnerability among children and women in Ethiopia. MHO was established as a humanitarian organization in July 2011 and has served the Ethiopian people in particular the most destitute women and children for more than decades. MHO is governed by the General Assembly which is the supreme decision-making body of the organization and board of Directors. Members of the board are highly qualified professionals having experience in humanitarian organizations and other areas of engagement. MHO is one of the leading local NGOs in Ethiopia engaged in various exemplary and impactful development initiatives. MHO over the past 12 years has been functioning intact with its vision and in close coordination with underprivileged communities, government, and other agencies, especially with extending its projects in remote, backward, and remote areas. MHO envisions a future where Ethiopian Women and Children flourish and achieve their most potential. . The mission statement of MHO is empowering and changing the personal, social, and economic status of women and children of Ethiopia who live in poverty by giving them the opportunities and support that lead to development.

 Background

The organization has been functioning in diversified thematic areas with a major focus on women and children. It includes women empowerment, re-habilitation, re-unification and re-integration of homeless mothers

with children/rehabilitation shelters, youth and community capacity enhancement WaSH Environmental protection, social accountability, reproductive health, Peace building, and reconciliation works human rights and democracy, etc. Although the organization has been functioning in diversified thematic areas and implemented many impactful projects since its establishment, the project entitled “One Pack for One Child Project is among the notable exemplary projects at the National level that received the CCRDA’s national CSO best-practice award presided by the former President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Dr. Mulatu Teshome.

MEMBERSHIP and Partnership INFORMATION

• Union of Ethiopian Women and Children Associations/UEWCA/
• Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations /
• CCRDA/
• Ethiopian extractive industry transparency initiative /EITTI/
• Scale Up Nutrition /ECSC-SUN /
• PELUM Ethiopia Consortium
• Consortium of Climate Change/CCC-E/
• Enat Bank
• People Environment and Health (PHE) consortium, Ethiopian,
• National Social Accountability Network
• GRB coalition/alliance
• National Sorority of PHI Delta Kappa
• Ebenezer Baptist Church
• Ireland Embassy
• Austria Embassy
• Oxfam UK etc.
• International Women Peace Group/ IWPG/
• Ethiopian Sport Federation in North America/ ESFNA/