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Staff
All of the staff members (except one), and the majority of the
board members are former refugees. Because of the experience they
have gone through as refugees in the camps, they bring the sensitivity
and the uniqueness to the refugee service delivery system in Missouri.
They know the meaning of trauma, pain, human right abuse, uncertainty
and loss. Such first hand experience grants them the knowledge and
the privilege to serve their fellow humanity in this great land
of immigrants. Indeed, AMAAM is an agency born out of the ideal
of mutual assistance, indebtedness to the generosity of America,
the need for advocacy on behalf of African refugees, the commitment
to diversity, and inclusion inspired by the American experience,
freedom and hope.
Gedlu Metaferia,
Executive Director 
- Manages the day to day activities of the agency and works
towards achieving the immediate and strategic goals of the agency
- He has worked diligently from the inception of our MAA to its
current status in providing services to all African refugees
in the past 20 years. He has attended and organized
8 major conferences on "Enabling Refugee Women" to enter work
force, "Refugee Mental Health", on Conflict Resolution, On AIDS,
on famine and the importance of self-help. His training and
knowledge in health helps him to identify health needs
and assist immigrants. His experience is directly linked to
providing direct, complementary and supportive social adjustment
services. He has attended more than 120 conference and workshops,
sponsored and executed major conferences & forums that
help refugees for self-sufficiency
- Gedlu B. Metaferia has studied public health and tropical medicine in Ethiopia, to be a health officer. Health Officer is sometimes termed a rural physician or bare foot doctor, the 1st of its kind in Ethiopia. He left Ethiopia in the eve of his practicum in the late 70s. He is a self educated, avid reader and experientially an alternative scholar. He is a poet and a freelance writer. Gedlu B. Metaferia is a recipient of numerous awards and has served in many not-for-profit boards. He
is currently working on 3 unpublished manuscripts on Reconciliation and Tolerance, Poetry, Contributions of Ethiopians in the Diaspora, Growth and Sustainability in Africa and Personal Reflections on Absorption and Integration of Immigrants in the West. .
Tsehay
Mengiste,
Secretary
- Assists staff, networks with our clients, She is also
a custodian of documents
and scheduler of appointments. She has also achieved special
expertise by training in interpretation,
translation, networking and resource identification.
- email: tsehay@amaamus.org
Kadar Hussien,
Senior Case Worker II
- Assists refugee families, home visits and provides transportation
and interpretation.
- email: kadar@amaamus.org
Mukthar,Haji - Caseworker,Interpreter
- He joined AMAAM as a caseworker. He is a Somali Bantu Leader in his community. He is a reliable interpreter and a hardworker. He has shown wisdom beyond his age..
- email: mukthar@amaamus.org
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History
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