WHO WE ARE
The Organization’s Story: The Journey of WeCare Global Initiative
WeCare Global Initiative is a legally registered, non-profit, and non-governmental organization based in Ethiopia, committed to creating lasting impact in underserved communities. Our story began in February 2018 as a voluntary grassroots movement founded by a passionate group of young professionals from Ambo University, united by a shared vision of social equity and sustainable development.
Driven by compassion and a deep sense of community responsibility, the founding members diverse in their academic and professional backgrounds launched a series of community-based activities addressing the pressing social and economic challenges faced by marginalized populations in and around Ambo. For over three years, these efforts were entirely volunteer-led, emphasizing local ownership and active citizen engagement.
Recognizing the growing need and the potential for greater impact, the initiative took a transformative step and became formally registered in February 2021 under the name Ambo and Surrounding Relief Association (ASRA). Licensed by the Oromia General Attorney Bureau (License Number WB03-0563) in accordance with the Civil Society Organizations Proclamation No. 1113/2019, this milestone marked a new chapter of structured growth, resource mobilization, and strategic partnerships.
Establishment of WeCare Global Initiative
Following five years of dedicated service and expanding geographic reach, the organization was re-registered at the federal level as WeCare Global Initiative on August 13, 2025, with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Authority for Civil Society under Registry Number 7669 once again in alignment with the Ethiopian Civil Society Organization Proclamation No. 1113/2019. This registration allowed WeCare to extend its impact beyond regional boundaries and engage in broader, national development efforts.
The Purpose and Establishment of WeCare Global Initiative Organization
WeCare Global Initiative Organization is an organization working to improve the livelihood of the targeted communities (like women , youth, orphanage and the most vulnerable children, and elderly support) to improve the quality of education, access to clean water, health and work towards, youth empowerment, environmental conservation, climate, entreprenourships and capacity building, humanitarian and emergency support for displaced and peoples that affected by disaster of any kind, works toward building democratic culture, strengthening peaceful conflict resolution and protecting culture and historical heritages, works on research and development, around the project implementation areas. Today, WeCare Global Initiative operates across nine core thematic areas.
Mission and Vision
Vision
To build a resilient and inclusive society where women, youth, and children are healthy, empowered, and actively engaged in driving sustainable development and social transformation.
Mission
- WeCare Global Initiative works to advance sustainable development and social transformation through youth and women’s empowerment, child development, and community health.
- We strive to reduce poverty, unemployment, and inequality while ensuring access to education, healthcare, sanitation, housing, and livelihoods.
Values
Accountability: WeCare Global Initiative has accountability to different stakeholders. It is accountable to its donors, governments, its program beneficiaries and all partner NGOs with whom it is working. It reports the progress of its activities to government and donors and also shares with other partners through which it ensures its accountability. Moreover, it consults its partners and receives feedback consistently from all.
Commitment: WeCare Global Initiative commits itself to the achievement of its organizational goal and objectives by serving the disadvantaged and marginalized groups of the society. For its
program implementation, it employs high caliber staff members who can effectively share the
vision and manage the objectives of the organization.
Innovation: WeCare Global Initiative believes in innovation of ideas and practices and it always encourages its staff and all partners to innovate ideas/concepts that help to solve the problems of the society.
Transparency: WeCare Global Initiative will always maintain transparency to all stakeholders in implementing its programs. It shares with them what it does, how and with what it implements its program.
Teamwork: WeCare Global Initiative believes in teamwork and will nurture a high degree of team sprit among its staff members. The organization also considers and supports working in team with its partners. It clearly understands the importance of working in teams in maximizing its contribution towards ending poverty.
Compassion: feeling and readiness to be with disadvantaged people, working with the last 10
to 20% of people in poverty status.
Sense of Ownership: The vision of the organization is effectively shared by all staff members
to enable them relate their own vision with the organization’s vision and thereby commit themselves to its realization with sense of ownership and team spirit.
Professionalism: As a learning organization WeCare Global Initiative encourages
dialogue, demands high degree of expertise and knowledge. It also promotes performance of
acceptable quality of work/services. Learning from mistake and building experience for high
performance are valued.
Independence: WeCare Global Initiative Organization -values and demands staff self –reliance
and creativity in undertaking their responsibilities and duties with limited support and
supervision from superiors.
Governance: WeCare Global Initiative Organization cherishes and commits itself for the
execution of the principles of good governance to achieve maximum results through satisfied,
confident, trustworthy and devoted empowered management and other staff members. Good
Governance also is respected and upheld by the organization as the guiding philosophy of its
working relationships with its external stakeholders.
WHY YOU JOIN US
We are endowed to help victims of social marginalization and to provide care and comfort to poor, uneducated and needy society. We believe that a long term relationship is the key to success for our organization. Hence we put our heart and soul into work to make every effort fruitful and every moment memorable. We are devoted to finding better ways for all the clients who count on us. If you join us, you will be part of the volunteers who are dedicated to supporting children, women and other parts of the society who need support in their daily life activity.