First Phase

In December 2011, we are going to Ethiopia to launch our project.  This includes working with our team on the ground to set up the resources that promote success for each individual family—financially, academically, mentally and spiritually.  Anticipated needs for these families include: basic nourishment, employment training, medical and academic expenses.  With our Ethiopian partners, we will prioritize what a potential MIC sponsored family may need and set up a reasonable monthly support opportunity for Western donors.  This monthly amount will be determined on our trip.  Donor commitment for each Ethiopian family will be two years.

 
To help launch our project we need your money, prayers, endorsement and talents!

If you would like to donate your craft (particularly in the fields of website designing, logo building, accounting, legal fields, artistic endeavors and fundraising) please let us know!

We will be matching donors and families in the near future.  If you’d like to be on the waiting list to sponsor a family, please send an email to micethiopia@gmail.com describing your family, your interests and any particular “heart calling” you may have. We will try and match you up with the perfect family to sponsor.

Contact: micethiopia@gmail.com

Tax exempt donation: Make checks out ot St. Bartholomew's with MIC written in the memo and send to:
Mothers In Crisis 
PO Box 120322, 
Nashville, TN 37212

Or to make a donation online go to http://www.stbs.net/give/ and put MIC in the note section of the form.
  

In December 2011, we are going to Ethiopia to

Our Mission

BRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHER

Mothers In Crisis believes that a strong family can empower and encourage people to endure in crisis and tragedy, while helping to foster strong morale, personal development, and academic success. We want to help families thrive and learn how to think differently about setbacks and obstacles.

Every family in poverty has a different story, characterized by both the individuals in the family, and the specific needs that have affected their journey together. Unemployment, starvation, sickness, and death are among the conditions that many poor families face. One of the worst casualties of poverty is when a family can no longer afford to be together, especially when children have nowhere to go but an orphanage.

Every family not in poverty has a story as well. We believe that bringing families together that would not normally connect, due to global, economic and cultural differences, is important. Being in community with the disenfranchised and helping people in need is a valuable commitment for any Western family. It is our desire to create a forum for families to both give and connect with families in need.

Our vision for MIC is that it will create and enhance global community among families. Our mission is twofold: We want to provide a way for families in poverty to stay together, to have the resources they need to address urgent needs, and to grow spiritually, relationally and psychologically. Secondly, we want to give Western families an opportunity to deepen their understanding of where poverty meets humanity, by connecting them with families in need. We hope to do this through video interviews between donors and recipients. In providing a means to share family stories and traditions we hope to create a way for us all to cross the divide, edify our experience of global community and grow more in compassion and love.

WHERE DO WE START?

Ethiopia. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, we are friends with a small community of locals that have the same goal as ours. They have set up a board of directors and are committed to helping the single parent families in their own country. We will work with our team of Ethiopian friends to understand the needs to which our resources can be best put to use. They are committed to helping facilitate the process, on the ground.

“When all you’ve got is all you’ve got, all that’s left is to be yourself and you can only receive. And that, in a sense, is why the poor are blessed, because they know what really matters.” - Mother Teresa

“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” -Mother Teresa