{"id":466,"date":"2026-01-20T01:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmmafrica.org\/?page_id=466"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:22:53","slug":"who-are-we","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gmmafrica.org\/index.php\/who-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are we?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"466\" class=\"elementor elementor-466\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07aa6a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07aa6a4\" 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-fa7c727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fa7c727\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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-0a7f7e0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a7f7e0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c11ef81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c11ef81\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OUR MISSION<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be20858 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be20858\" 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\">Transforming Lives Through Community Empowerment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5cfff6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c5cfff6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae3c5c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ae3c5c9\" 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-c0afcd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0afcd9\" 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=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/gmmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GMM_-Activities-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-450\" alt=\"Goodness and Mercy Missions delivering humanitarian aid to rural communities in Cameroon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GMM_-Activities-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/gmmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GMM_-Activities-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/gmmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GMM_-Activities-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/gmmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GMM_-Activities-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/gmmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GMM_-Activities-2048x1536.webp 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26f71dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26f71dc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759b59d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"759b59d\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who are we?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e105842 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e105842\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goodness and Mercy Missions (GMM) is a non profit organization founded in 2007 by Teh Francis Yai. 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