Celebrate the Achievments of Michael's House
Providing Aid to the Lives that Others Deemed Hopeless
Michael’s House Inc. began in 2003 as a non-profit grassroots organization to serve the elderly poor in the developing world who have become invisible, who receive no funds from government organizations or other large aid foundations. It is through gifts that they would have a face and dignity in their daily lives.
We endeavored to be good stewards of the contributions of you, our donors. More than 98% of our contributions went to our projects.
The generosity of our supporters has afforded us to care for the destitute elderly in Africa (Ethiopia, Togo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya. Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Sudan, and Burkina Faso), Honduras and Thailand.
Michael's House Day Center & delivering mattresses - Addis Ababa 2006
What we Have Accomplished With Your Generosity
FOOD
- Daily food for those infirm from hunger
- Hot meals for homeless
- Grinding machine for sorghum and maize to make porridge
PENSIONS for basic sustanance
MEDICAL CARE
- Doctor visits, medicine, surgery, and related transportation Medical clinics
- Covid protective supplies: masks, soap and disinfectant
- Medications to treat AIDS, diabetes, hypertension and basic pain relief
- Fistula surgeries and uterine prolapse procedures for women who have been ostracized from their homes and communities
- Hemoanalysis machine to perform blood tests
- Wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment to allow disabled to live at home
- Vision, hearing and emergency dental care
- Cataract surgeries and eyeglasses
- Walking canes for the blind and for refugees
- Van for transporting elderly for medical care and delivering meals
SHELTER
- Blankets and bedding
- Hut/Home Repair
- Kitchen stoves with outside venting in Honduras
- Community day center for homeless
- Overnight shelter for the infirm and those dying
- Ventilated pit latrines for safe and hygienic disposal of human waste
- Showers and laundry tubs/sinks for washing clothes
- Clean water harvesting systems
CLOTHING
- Shoes, African kitenges for women, shirts for men
BURIAL expenses for the deceased
INCOME GENERATION
- Chickens and rabbits to raise and barter
- Sewing machines to establish a clothing-making cooperative and make complete sets of pajamas for those staying at Ann’s Women’s Shelter
- Looms for making silk garments
- Supplies for making income-generating crafts
We have all heard the word serendipity. It seems like a new age word, but it first appeared in 1754 and basically refers to the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. It is like going out to find something we think we know we need and being led by chance to something that would avail us better.
Michael describes how his 2003 trip to Ethiopia was a serendipitous experience.
We are grateful for all who believed in our mission and made Michael's House possible.
MISSION
Since its inception, the focus and philosophy of Michael’s House Inc., remains the same. “Empowering Each Other To Help the Elderly Poor In The Developing World”.
AT MICHAEL'S HOUSE, we are passionate about our mission to promote the well-being of the destitute and isolated elderly people in developing countries. These destitute elderly have fallen through the cracks and receive absolutely no financial assistance from existing international aid organizations. We fervently believe that it is only through a collaborative effort of working together as a caring community that we can use our resources, our compassion, and our presence to the greatest outcome. It's empowerment at its best.
"MICHAEL'S HOUSE BEGAN with ordinary people, good friends of good friends and now, you and your friends - tied together only by the shared idea that we could succeed where governments and large organizations have not. We began with the absolute conviction that we could bring hope, dignity, and self-reliance to these poor people who are invisible, silent and without voice in the sunset of their long, hardworking lives". - The Trustees, Volunteers and Benefactors of Michael’s House.
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that nobody can sincerely try to help another without also helping himself or herself. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
