Five years ago...we started the journey,

a word from the founder,

It has now been five years since we, at everyONE, started our work. In these five years, we are grateful and proud to share with you our lessons learned, our achievements, our challenges faced and our aspiration for the next five years to come.

The road has not been easy, but has certainly been rewarding. The most rewarding of all is our Children's program and the Program of the Elderly. In the next weeks to come, we hope to bring to you stories from the children and the Elderly. Stories of how their lives have improved, how they have been inspired and have inspired others. We will bring to you also the stories from our side, of how these programs came to be and what it took to keep them going. We will be dedicating the next weeks to celebrating life and recognizing our efforts.

As the founder of the organization, I have to say that my biggest gift of all in my endeavor has been to come accross the brillant team that joined the organization. My own private life circumstance has not always allowed me to be as present as wish. It is under the leadership of our Deputy Director Hayat Mohamed that a lot has been achieved.

everyONE as an organization might not have the large budgets, the facilities and offices with great amenities, but it has something that few organizations say they have: We have the best team of all! A team that works independently, a team that is reliable, a team that cares for the work and puts in the extra efforts to serve the communities. I feel blessed and I know in my heart that our commitment and work, will not go un-noticed by those we stand to serve.

To complement our dedicated team, we have been blessed by a great Board of Directors and Partners/Donors that appreciate and stand with us in service of the destitute. We have also them to thank for being with us on the day of our inauguration and for still being with us, five years down the line. With God's help, I hope that we can all be together, five years from today, in 2014 to share the lessons learned and acknowledge the work done and witness the changes that have taken root within the communities we worked for.

Yene