UEMI

Founded in 1985, UEMI is a faith-based organisation based in Anápolis, Brazil working on children & youth, poverty & hunger, education +1 more.

UEMI (Kinderhilfswerk UEMI, short for União Evangélica Missionária Infantil) is an evangelical child welfare organisation founded in 1985 by Balz and Lisbeth Meili and Enéas and Viviane Carvalho. It works in Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil, supporting children and families living in poverty. Its services include a day centre for children and teenagers, a nursery for young children, and food, clothing and basic medical help for families in crisis. UEMI also runs a small farm whose milk and crop sales help fund its work. Supporting associations in Switzerland (Basel) and Germany (Steinen) raise donations for the work in Brazil. Donations in Switzerland are tax-deductible in some cantons, and the German association can issue donation receipts for the tax office.