እንኳን ደህና መጡwelcome to our home in Bahir Dar

Everyone counts. Everyone matters.

We're a day therapy centre for children with profound disabilities. Every morning our buses bring them in for therapy, food, care and a lot of love, and every afternoon we take them home.

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Endalew laughing in the pool during water therapy with Mena — Endalew & Mena in the pool

A boy laughing during a therapy session — the best laugh in Bahir Dar

Kalab smiling with a carer — Kalab loves to sing

28children in therapy every weekday

What a day here looks like

A full day of therapy, built around each child

Our children are aged 3 to 18. All of them are non-verbal and unable to walk. Our staff set each one their own goals and work toward them in every session.

Makbel floating in the pool — **Water therapy**The water holds them up, so they can move freely. Often the best part of the day.

Staff giving a child a massage — **Massage & physio**Stretches, exercises and full-body massage to ease stiff muscles.

A girl enjoying the sensory lights — **Music & senses**Lights, sounds, songs, and Checkolech, our singing nurse.

Fereje working on the Amharic fidel — **Autism classroom**A calm room where autistic children learn at their own pace.

Learn about the children's conditions and therapies

Mena Okugbeni (left), founder of The One Heart Wholeness Centre

A note from Mena

I came to Bahir Dar in 2013 and fell in love with children who had been hidden away. I promised their families I would come back and help.

We started with six children in a little rented house. Look at us now.

Mena

Founder & coordinator, 25+ years working with disabled children

Read Mena's story

Meet our children

Small people with big personalities

See all the children

It's not a ~~disability~~,
it's a different ability.

Disability is nobody's fault, and it's never a punishment. Every child here can do something wonderful. We start there.

Why we say it

How you can help

Every gift reaches a child

We rely entirely on donations. Choose whatever suits you.

Give once

Ethiopian bank transfer, Telebirr, or GoFundMe from abroad.

Ways to give 02

Give monthly

Join us on Patreon and help with the running costs that keep the doors open.

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Sponsor supplies

Nappies, milk, oats, soap. See exactly what your gift buys.

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Visit us

Come and meet the children, Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm.

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See the centre for yourself

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Recognition

Honoured for our work with children

Licensed by the Ethiopian Charity Commission on 11 August 2021, and recognised three times by the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs in the Amhara region.