Hope for Rural Children and Orphans (HORCO) is a non-governmental, not for profit and developmental organization established in 1995 by the initiative of highly committed Ethiopians. HORCO has been established to promote the welfare of the marginalized and poor sectors of the society. It focuses mainly on children and women who are the most vulnerable group of the society and are thus exposed to the ill effects of under development. But it is also engaged in the overall advancement of the rural Ethiopian society that is not in the center of the focus of government institutions.