This website is being updated to reflect that OMHI has a new, legal status as a CBO and that a direct, online giving opportunity through the organisation's bank will soon be available. Expect changes.

Omecha Ministry Hope Initiative (OMHI) is a legally registered Community Based Organisation (CBO) in Uganda that promotes the welfare, education, and livelihood of children and families.*

Pastor Joshua Opio
is the registered Chairperson of
Omecha Ministry Hope Initiative,
as well as pastor of Omecha Church.

Pastor Joshua, orphans,
and other children of the community.

The purpose of this website is to give information about Omecha Ministry Hope Initiative - and to invite you to support this ministry with donations.

Omecha Ministry Hope Initiative consists of both Omecha Church and the associated orphanage as one entity - and is located in Omecha Village, Amilimil Parish, Kuju Subcounty in the Amuria District of the Eastern Region of Uganda. Omecha Church is a congregation of The Church of Uganda - a member of the Anglican Communion. Omecha Church is in the Soroti Diocese area. (The word "Omecha" means "a place of rescue.")

Amuria, the larger town in the area is about 23 miles (36.5 kilometres) by road north of the city of Soroti and about 203 miles (327 kilometres) by road northeast of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. (See the maps below.) The native language of Omecha Village is Ateso, but the people also know English because of their schooling and since English is the official language of Uganda.

Pastor Joshua, orphans,
and other children of the community.

Pastor Joshua and Some Children of the Orphanage

The orphanage associated with Omecha Church is both an integral part of Omecha Church and an integral part of Omecha Ministry Hope Initiative. The orphanage is sponsored by and controlled by Omecha Church through the constitution of the OMHI organisation. "The church is the mother of the orphanage." In particular, the church budgets money for the orphanage, and the church committee that manages the church is the same one that manages the orphanage.

Besides providing the basic organisational structure of Omecha Ministry Hope Initiative, The OMHI Constitution provides the organisation's

Mission, e.g., To point orphaned and vulnerable children to hope in Christ,

Aims, Objectives, and Programs, e.g., To provide orphan and vulnerable children with nutritional support, shelter, education, and health support,

Guiding principles and Values, e.g., Love, integrity, and the power of prayer.

Link to the full pdf text of the OMHI Constitution.

Omecha Ministry Hope Initiative
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Link to Donate Online to OMHI
ANY amount of money you donate would be appreciated - greatly!

"Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give. You should not give if it makes you unhappy or if you feel forced to give. God loves those who are happy to give."
2 CORINTHIANS 9:7

Contact Pastor Joshua directly through his Facebook account using Facebook Messenger:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090266094897

* A Community Based Organisation (CBO) in Uganda is an organisation operating at a sub-county level whose objectives are to promote and advance the wellbeing of the members of the community. A CBO is further registered at the district level by the District Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Monitoring Committee (DNMC) with recommendation from the Sub-County NGO Monitoring Committee (SNMC).

As a church or individual, if you wish to inform other people about this opportunity to help others, then you would find the QR Code below and the website URL useful - either in print or online:

OmechaMinistry.org