EMO YA M’MBEMBE M’MBONDO UNITED STATES (EMMUS), INC.
EMMUS
Vision Statement
To have self-reliant communities.
Mission Statement
To empower communities through short- and long-term productive and non-productive activities.
General Objective
To enable disadvantaged people mostly refugees and immigrants to get involved in self-reliant and self-sufficient projects for better and measurable life.
Aim
The organization is aiming at preserving African community namely Bembe people’s cultures and rituals.
Specific Objectives
To provide social services to different communities so that to access public and private services upon their arrival in the United States.
To educate youth on substance abuse, sexual and gender-based violence, child abuse, etc. in order that they can avoid any behavior that is against the state/country and federal laws.
To help immigrants with income generating activities for their self-reliant lives.
To offer settlement services including orientations, information, counselling, and cultural interpretation for recently arrived immigrants.
To mobilize resources (i.e. human, organizational, financial, information, etc.) to support our projects for communities’ benefits at city, state, and federal levels.
To involve and engage communities in micro, small, and medium sized enterprises for income generations while supporting their initiatives.
To conduct and implement projects aiming at ensuring beneficiaries manage their lives on their own.
To involve all categories of people including women, youths, people with disabilities and children in different profit and non-profit activities for self-reliant and sufficient lives.
To help community discover and use their talented expertise for sustainable and independent life.
To provide crime presentation information sessions to youths in order to help them avoid becoming involved in and/or victims of crime.
To offer moral, counselling and material assistance to the needy people in the hosting country and country of origin.
