Items CURRENTLY at the top of our wish list
We invite you to focus your donation where your heart moves you. Whether your favorite Olmoti project is education, healthcare, economic self-sufficiency, nutrition, sustainability, or women’s projects, you can direct your funds to the area of your choice. Please give what you can to help us continue to support the men, women, and children of Olmoti Village.
VICOBA matching funds.
$55 or what you can afford.
VICOBA=Village Community Bank. It’s lets our villagers to save and borrow money to fund entrepreneurial projects aimed at reducing poverty, especially among women.
Vital Medications
$75 or what you can afford.
The surgery center is largely funded by the government, but we are chronically short on essential medicines. This causes delays in treatment and unneeded pain and suffering.
Neonatal support fund
$25 or what you can afford.
We have set a $20,000 goal to establish a fund specifically to support the health of new mothers and improve survival rates for all babies born in our health center.
Teaching basics
$80-100 per classroom.
With 733 students enrolled in Olmoti School, we are always short of supplies like pencils, paper, textbooks, chalk, crayons and notebooks. Look at the number of kids in that in that classroom!
Secondary school supplies
$225 per student
While tuition is free, high-schools in nearby towns are residential. When parents can’t afford the cost of bedding, books, supplies, etc, many girls who pass their exams must drop out and marry young.
Farming initiatives
$40-$80 per participant
The men’s groups have planted five acres of beans and wish to expand to 15. Your donation means more men can join and more food can be grown, as an alternative to dependence on cattle and sheep herding.