East African Village Outreach

A small group of ordinary people with a vision to make a little difference in East Africa. Our Board of Directors consists of three Americans, three Ethiopian born Americans, and one Ethiopian resident.

Yes. We are headquartered in Sacramento, incorporated by the State of California, and are an IRS 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) not for profit organization.

To meet various physical needs in remote rural village areas through humanitarian efforts. A long term goal is a Church plant that is conceived and requested by the people.

We are a non-denominational faith based organization. We have partnered with two denominations in Ethiopia (Harvest Church of God – Ethiopia (HCGE) and the Guenet Church of Ethiopia) for some of our projects. Both denominations are members of the Evangelical Church Fellowhip Ethiopia. In Kenya we work with “Malaria Source Reduction” – a self-help group.

At present we have projects in three village areas in the Gurage Highlands of Ethiopia and one small support project in Kajulu village near Kisumu, Kenya.

Yes.

About 97%. Operating expenses, from postage to travel, is out of pocket from each member and we receive no compensation. For accounting, certain administrative costs, such as wire transfer fees, must come out of our EAVO account.

Safe water development projects (spring protection, bore holes), support for existing schools, establishment of a school, education projects, support for village clinics, our own medical clinics, solar cooking methods, support of evangelists, Bibles in local languages, reforestation, reading glasses, mosquito nets, etc.

EAVO does not intend to act as the sole determiner of need, or who will be served. We are respectful to the local government, village elders, and we “listen” to the people before jointly establishing priorities.