ABOUT Michael's House
What We Do
At Michael’s House, we identify destitute elderly who have no families or means of support and we are committed to providing them respite from their pain, fear, and hunger in the time that remains in their lives.
WE PROVIDE a day center where our guests can feel safe, enjoy a wholesome
meal, use facilities for hygiene, wash clothes, create handcrafts to
sell, get basic medical care and experience a sense of community. We
have an overnight shelter for the most infirm, a pension plan, funding
for surgeries, eyeglasses and other special projects, and have working
farms with crops and animals. We have reciprocal agreements with local
care facilities such as Mother Teresa’s.
Please visit our Programs section to get an overview of the service Michael's House provides..
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 Third 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, hopefully, 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
Those We Serve
There are millions of elderly poor throughout the world who are trapped in the political global debates about poverty. These individual men and women are suffering horribly. These are the people who cannot wait for Governments and institutions to initiate fundamental changes in their lives. They don't have the time left in their meager lives to wait for local or international institutions to reach a consensus on how or if they should get their “daily bread”. They are old, desperately in need, and praying for the response of brave and prophetic individuals like you. This is our target population.
Making A Difference
NEWS UPDATE : The latest edition of The Michael's House Newsletter is here. Read highlights and download the full edition from the News Page.
Your Help is Urgently Needed
During the current economic world crisis, we have experienced a decrease in our donations at a time when the cost of food in the countries we serve has increased dramatically to the point of catastrophe. Read More
NEWSLETTER
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