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Mercy Made · Products With Purpose
Made With Purpose.
Mercy Made is our vision for creating quality products that do more than reach customers — they create opportunities.
Through responsible sourcing, local production, employment, skills development, and entrepreneurship, we aim to build products people genuinely value while helping create economic opportunity for Ethiopian families and supporting Refugium Ethiopia's broader mission for vulnerable children.
Good products. Greater purpose.
A product can create more than a sale.
And its success can help advance a larger mission for children and communities. Our goal is to build Mercy Made into a respected Ethiopian purpose-driven brand where quality and impact work together.
Quality first
We don't want people to buy Mercy Made products because they feel sorry for someone.
We want people to buy them because they are good products. The mission should make the purchase more meaningful — not compensate for poor quality.
Quality
Products customers can trust.
Value
Products worth what customers pay.
Authenticity
Products connected to Ethiopia whenever appropriate.
Consistency
Standards customers can depend on.
Purpose
Products capable of creating economic and social impact.
Buy it because it's good.
Love it because it does good.
Products & opportunities we're exploring
In DevelopmentWhat Mercy Made could create.
These are future product categories we're exploring — not yet available for sale. Each represents a possible pathway to quality products and meaningful work.
Ethiopian Coffee
Premium Ethiopian coffee with opportunities to support farmers, processing, packaging, distribution, and employment.
Food Products
Ethiopian foods and other products capable of serving local, diaspora, and international markets.
Soap & Personal Care
Quality everyday products with opportunities for local production, packaging, distribution, and employment.
Home Goods
Candles, household products, decorative items, and other useful goods.
Textiles & Apparel
Clothing, fabrics, accessories, and products incorporating Ethiopian manufacturing, design, and craftsmanship.
Handcrafted Goods
Products created together with Ethiopian artisans and makers.
Agricultural Products
Opportunities to connect Ethiopian growers and producers with larger markets.
Community Goods
Useful everyday products identified through genuine community needs.
What's Next?
Mercy Made stays open to new categories wherever there's a chance to create quality products, meaningful employment, and sustainable impact.
From product to impact
How one product creates a ripple.
One product can start a ripple.
Jobs are part of the mission
A stable income can change what's possible for an entire family.
Employment can help a parent provide food, housing, education, healthcare, transportation, and greater stability for their children. That is why Mercy Made's impact is not measured only by how many products are sold.
As the initiative develops, we also want to measure:
Shown as future impact categories — real figures will appear once genuine data exists.
Opportunity for families
Sometimes a family needs more than assistance.
Immediate assistance is important when a family faces a crisis. But long-term stability often requires opportunity.
Made in Ethiopia
Create more value at home.
Whenever practical and economically responsible, Mercy Made will explore opportunities to create more of the product value chain within Ethiopia.
We don't simply want to sell Ethiopian products. We want to help create Ethiopian opportunity.
Local + Global
Rooted at home. Open to the world.
For Ethiopia
Quality products that serve genuine local needs while creating employment and economic activity.
From Ethiopia to the World
Certain products may find opportunities in international markets — bringing additional economic opportunity back into Ethiopia.
Supporting entrepreneurs
Impact beyond the people we directly employ.
Mercy Made doesn't have to manufacture everything itself. Future opportunities may include working with:
Mercy Made may eventually provide or facilitate:
Skills create futures
Not just a job for today.
Skills for tomorrow.
Where appropriate, employment should also build skills. Future training may include:
Why Mercy Made exists
Mercy Made is part of a larger mission.
Refugium Ethiopia exists to help vulnerable children experience greater safety, care, love, education, hope, and opportunity. Mercy Made extends that thinking to economic opportunity.
When families have stronger livelihoods, children can have more stable environments. And when Mercy Made succeeds, its growth can help strengthen the broader mission.
Two initiatives. One larger purpose.
Separate paths, shared mission.
Mercy Made
Refugium Community Impact Projects
Our long-term vision
A recognized Ethiopian purpose-driven brand.
A brand known for quality, that creates employment, supports Ethiopian producers, develops skills, opens markets, and strengthens families — reaching customers in Ethiopia and around the world.
Good Products. Good Jobs. Greater Impact.
Every purchase can become part of something bigger.
Mercy Made is currently being developed. Follow our journey as we build products, partnerships, employment opportunities, and a brand designed to create meaningful impact.
Made With Purpose. Built for Opportunity.
Quality Products • Meaningful Jobs • Stronger Families • Greater Impact
