{"id":99,"date":"2025-03-23T22:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethiopiancommunitydfw.org\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2025-04-18T03:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:43:33","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ethiopiancommunitydfw.org\/?page_id=99","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"99\" class=\"elementor elementor-99\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4079847 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4079847\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdc0f89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bdc0f89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/ethiopiancommunitydfw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC08151-1-1024x612.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-115\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethiopiancommunitydfw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC08151-1-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethiopiancommunitydfw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC08151-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethiopiancommunitydfw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC08151-1-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ethiopiancommunitydfw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC08151-1-1536x918.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ethiopiancommunitydfw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC08151-1-2048x1224.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6991048 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6991048\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9d569 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b9d569\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;,sans-serif\">The mission of MAAEC, Inc. is to facilitate and\nprovide seamless services to those who need help by spearheading and managing\nprograms that integrate Ethiopians and Ethiopian Americans who reside in the\nDallas Fort-Worth region. 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