Omecha Ministry Hope Initiative (OMHI) is a legally registered Community Based Organization (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 a 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. See PayPal Donation Link below.
| Current OMHI Appeals In addition to appealing for help with everyday necessities: I. School Fees for OMHI Orphans and other Children OMHI obligation for required SCHOOL fees for one term for the 25 orphans = $2,500. school fees for other 34 needy children = $3,400 Theoretically, Uganda is supposed to be moving toward more government support for schools, but according to internet sources, this is not reality. (For example, "In northeastern Uganda, the status of school fees for children in small villages is a significant concern. The World Bank reported that 54% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa rank paying school fees higher than medical bills and other expenses. In Uganda, unpredictable tuition hikes are a major source of financial worry for many parents.") There are many fees required, plus many required materials and supplies that must be provided by parents and sponsors for a child to attend a school. II. Buy Agricultural Land for Food, Business, and Training From Pastor Joshua: The committee suggested to ask for the support of donation for the purchase of Land (5 acres) which would help for agriculture using the new farming techniques learnt from farming God's ways trainings where we would be training families on how to farm for their families. That would help produce food and money for both the children and the community and also it was suggested that a feature part of the land would be used to build up a skill learning school that would help teach people within the community learn skills that one would use to earn a living for the better of OMHI. An acre costs $3000 and for 5 acres that would be $15000. In the meeting, we discussed that if the land is available and we start agriculture and a skill learning school, both would help generate food for the children and other needy families and also it would generate money for school fees for the children. |
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Water Borehole Appeal - and Borehole Repaired! From Pastor Joshua earlier: The biggest challenge we have as a community is a source of clean water. We don't have a functioning borehole near and we get water for home consumption from at least a nearby swamp, although not so near, that the community dug and sometimes it gets even dry during dry season making life more harder for the people in OMHI. Sometime there was a borehole which was a bit near but ever since it got spoiled about 5 years ago we failed to repair it since it costs a lot of money to repair.
Omecha Borehole Repair Day
With money from a donation, Pastor Joshua and OMHI had the district engineers and technicians evaluate the status of the old borehole in October 2025. (See the photos and images here.) Their conclusion was that a new borehole costing about $10,000 was NOT necessary - and that the current borehole could be repaired for $5,000. Of course, this astronomical amount of money was not available to OMHI without your help! Thank you greatly to the donors for your help to make this Water Borehole Appeal a success!  Earlier Status Report. OMHI is delighted to report that the needed $5,000 was donated to repair the water borehole, and the actual repair project has now been completed! See November 12, 2025 UPDATE. |
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News! With the goal of being better able to help the orphans and the Omecha community,
OMHI announces that Pastor Joshua
and another OMHI member have returned from the 4-day "Farming
God's Way Training"
to learn more about using better and more productive farming techniques
for
"field crops and vegetables with both theory and practical sessions each
day" in Jinja, Uganda. Update: See Pastor Joshua's reports! |
| News! OMHI announces that a new project "Norah's Plants and Seeds" has begun with Mango Trees being planted within the village. Mango trees are long-lived and will produce fruit for many years. For more information about this project, see this webpage. For more information about Norah, see this webpage. |
Omecha Ministry Hope Initiative consists of both Omecha Church and the associated orphanage as one entity - and is located in the village of Omecha, 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.")
The number of adults (18 or older) in Omecha Village is about 800 (758 currently registered voters as of early September 2025), while the number of children (younger than 18) in Omecha is very many more than the number of adults.
The distance from the village of Omecha to Amuria, the district's largest town (9,690 people), is about 20 kilometres (about 12.5 miles). Amuria is about 50 kilometres (about 31 miles) by road north of the city of Soroti and about 327 kilometres (about 203 miles) 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 organization. "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.
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In addition to helping the orphans, OMHI also helps others in the community who need help. Pastor Joshua writes: "We are taking care of 25 orphans and 34 other needy children within the community and the elderly together with the needy families in the community. Providing them with school fees, food, medication and other basic needs that everyone needs on daily basis to have a living." For example, see part of Norah's story on a separate page.
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Besides providing the basic organizational structure of Omecha Ministry Hope Initiative, The OMHI Constitution provides the organization'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.
Farming
Planting, Transplanting,
Mulching, Watering, Growing,
HARVESTING
October, November,
December 2025,
January 2026
TapClick images below for videos and photos.
Using the planting techniques
learned at "Farming God's Way"
training this past summer 2025.
OMHI Christmas Celebration 2025
Amuria, Uganda is 8 hours AHEAD of New York City, USA
| Current time in All of Uganda |
If you wish, contact Pastor Joshua directly to discuss the details of the needs of the community and orphans there:
a) through Facebook using Facebook Messenger (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090266094897), or
b)
via email at
omechaministryhopeinitiative ( at ) gmail ( dot ) com,
where replace ( at ) with @, and replace ( dot ) with a . using no spaces.
Changing this format is to ensure that computer robots scanning this website do
not send spam to Pastor Joshua.
* 1) A Community Based Organization (CBO) in
Uganda is an organization 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).
2) This website campaign for OMHI is being managed in Pennsylvania,
USA, and is following the exemption restrictions of the Pennsylvania Bureau of
Corporations and Charitable Organizations. For example, although OMHI is a registered and certified CBO charity in
Uganda at the national level, OMHI is not registered in the USA as a 501(c)(3)
organization, so your donation is NOT tax deductible.
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As a church or individual, if you wish to inform other people about this opportunity to help others, then you will find the QR Code below and the website URL useful - either in print or online:
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OmechaMinistry.org |
