Operation Rescue [UK & Ireland] was set up to raise funds and channel support to the projects which are run by Operation Rescue, an indigenous NGO which seeks to help HIV/Aids orphans and street children who are living in great poverty in the northern part of Tigray province in Ethiopia.
Currently Operation Rescue runs three community-based day centres in Mekelle, Adigrat and Adwa. During 2017, 200 additional children joined the project in Mekelle bringing the total of children cared for to c660. All the fundraising activities in UK & Ireland are done by volunteers.