mekedonia home for elderly and disabled addis ethiopia
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There Are 4 Mekedonia
Villages. This One Has 400
Residents.We Are
Welcomed At The Gate.
Ephrem Giving Allan A Little Orientation
First We Are Shown A Video Of Volunteers Rescuing People From The Streets Including Before and After Pictures And Stories.
This Man Was Living Here.They Brought Him to Makedonia.
After A Few Weeks, Here He Is Below
Before Living On The Street He Is Now Helping Keep The Books At Mekedonia
Before and After Pictures. They Gave Us A Number To Call If We
See Someone On The Street In Real Need Of Help.
Things They Need Donated But Their Greatest Need Right Now Is For Adult
Diapers.
All People Who Work Here Are Volunteers. Ephrem Gave Us His Phone Number In Case We Saw Someone To be Picked Up.
Here Ephrem Is Reviewing Before And After Success Stories.
Behind Where Ephrem Was Telling Us About The Stories Of The
People Being Rescued From The Street A Rescued Lady Is Making Ethiopian Coffee On A Little Charcoal Stove
Allan Took This Picture After Talking With Her.
Don’t Know If She Understood But She
Nodded OK.
We Make Our Way In To Shake Hands With This Man Who Is Very
Sick. He Could Barely Keep His
Eyes Open.
There Are 400 Rescued People Living at Mekedonia.
This Man Is Sitting Beside
His Wheelchair. He had to have brain and spinal
surgery following a
car accident.
He shook our hand and asked us to
pray for him.
A Number
Are Blind.
Ephrem Now Takes Us To A Different Area of Makedonia.
Here I Observed A Number of Mentally Ill
Patients Rocking
Constantly
These Patients Are Bed Ridden. Note The
Wet Floor. They Are
Given Bed Baths In
Bed.
This Man Is 109 Years Old. Notice His White Shoes
Under His Bed. He Squeezed My Hand With Great
Strength But Didn’t Speak.
His Hat Could Tell Many Stories!
Wood Is Donated By Construction Companies And Split Up For the Fire
Inside This Building To Prepare Meals for 400
People.
Chopping Cabbage
On the Left
Soup Smells So
Good.
Injera For 400 Ready To Serve With The Soup
We Paid Our Taxi Driver 500 Birr For The Morning. $30.00 Canadian.He Donated Over Half of What He Earned For The Morning.
Our Guide Donated Half of His Day’s Pay. We Gave All We Had With Us And Will Be Going To The Bank To Donate Directly To Their Bank Account.
Negist Our Guide Worked In Media And Had Done Work Here Before So Knew We Might Like To see Mekedonia.He is completing a Masters now in Psychology.
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MEKEDONIA - Home for the Elderly and Mentally DisabledFounder: Ato. Biniam BeleteHistoryMekedonia- Home for the Elderly and Mentally Disabled People is a non-profit organization founded by Ato Biniyam Belete in September 2011 with the mission of alleviating the plight of destitute elderly people and people with mental disabilities by providing food, clothing, housing and medical care. Mekedonia primarily focuses on providing care for the most helpless and frail elderly people and people with mental illnesses, as they are the most vulnerable segment of the population in Ethiopia. Mekedonia is a registered organization with a license number 0170.What We Do And How We Do ItThe residents of Mekedonia- Home for the Elderly and Mentally Disabled are only a small fraction of the millions of destitute elderly and mentally-ill people living on the streets of Ethiopia. We are grateful to have been given the opportunity to serve others but we are continuously striving to help more people and improve the quality of care provided to residents of Mekedonia.Mekedonia which began its services helping 35 people is now home for over 250 elderly people and people with severe mental health problems. All residents are provided with secure and loving home where everyone lives together as one big happy family. Our most dedicated volunteers and caring staff members provide unreserved compassionate palliative care to all residents of Mekedonia regardless of sex, religion, ethnicity, etcBefore enrolling into Mekedonia, most residents were homeless with a very limited opportunity to survive. Mekedonia welcomes such kinds of people in need with an open heart, to share God’s love together as a family. People who were once hungry are now fed; once naked are now clothed; once physically and emotionally abused are now in peace and once hopeless are now living a life filled with good memories and hopes for a bright future. Since many of our residents are bed-ridden and terminally ill, they are also provided with assistance in toileting, mobility, bathing and other daily activities.
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