Our History
Our Mission
Our Impact
For mothers. For children. For a stronger tomorrow.
Empowering families, transforming communities.
Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization (MCMDO) is an Ethiopian indigenous, non-governmental, nonprofit humanitarian and development organization established in 1997 by a group of dedicated individuals from diverse backgrounds.
For more than 27 years, MCMDO has been working with vulnerable communities facing extreme poverty and crises—saving lives, restoring dignity, and building resilience.
Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization (MCMDO) is an indigenous, non-governmental, and not-for-profit humanitarian organization founded in 1997. It was established by a group of dedicated individuals from different backgrounds to address the socioeconomic problems of street mothers and children in Ethiopia. At the time of its establishment, the organization’s main focus was preventing “street-ism” and promoting rehabilitation.
Formerly known as the Welfare for the Street Mothers and Children Organization (WeSMCO), the organization was renamed MCMDO in 2009 to reflect its broadened thematic areas. That same year, MCMDO was registered with the Charities and Societies Organization (CSO) as an Ethiopian resident charity with a certificate number 0022. Following the government’s reform, MCMDO was re-registered in 2019 as a local organization with the same certificate number under the Civil Societies Organization Proclamation No. 1113/2019.
MCMDO aspires to see mothers and children leading decent and sustainable lives in a safe and healthy environment.
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We work to improve the lives of vulnerable mothers and children by increasing their access to quality basic services, livelihood options, humanitarian response, and a safe natural environment, using a holistic and participatory approach.
Our work is driven by a strong commitment to transparency and accountability, moral and ethical integrity, inclusiveness, equity, and flexibility.
To contribute to national efforts to improve the quality of life of vulnerable mothers and children in our program areas.
MCMDO has successfully implemented more than 200 different projects since its establishment. We address our projects under two main programs: “Development Program” and “Humanitarian Response Program,” and an approach called “Humanitarian Response & Development Program Nexus (HRDN)”. Our thematic interventions include Health, Nutrition, Education, WaSH, Livelihood and Food Security, Climate Change, Women and Economic Empowerment, Human Rights & Democracy, and Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation.
27 years, MCMDO has successfully carried out over 188 projects in almost all regions, including Afar, Amhara, Oromia, Somali, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella, Sidama, Tigray, Southern Nations Nationalities and People Region (SNNPR), South West Ethiopia Peoples’ Region (SWEPR), and Harari, as well as the Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa city administrations. Our work has directly and indirectly benefited more than 10 million people
317 staff members (109 females and 208 males). Nearly 90% of our staff are operationally present at the Branch and field office levels across the country. The Headquarters, consisting of no more than 10% of the staff, fully coordinates the overall implementation. Our leadership team manages our programs and drives our efforts to support vulnerable groups in all regions of the country.
Major Funders and Partners: United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO), Danish Dutch National Office (DANIDO), Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA), World Health Organization (WHO), World Food Programme (WFP), Project HOPE, Amref Health Africa, Action Against Hunger (AAH), Care Ethiopia, BMZ/Humidica, Blue Energy/EDF Foundation, EHF/World Vision, Welthungerhilfe (WHH), Plan International Ethiopia, Irish Aid /through GOAL Ethiopia, Almaro Foundation, GIZ-ESDS, The World Bank (WB), and Individual Sponsors.
Memberships and Coalitions: Union of Ethiopian Women Charitable Association (UEWCA), Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Association (CCRDA), Consortium of Reproductive Health Association (CORHA), Non-State Actors Coalition, Federal and Regional GO–NGO Consortia, and Nutrition, Health, and Agriculture clusters.
