Omaha Supporting the Needy Program

Every day, rain or shine, is a good day to help the needy. We have a mobile unit and load up the van with home-cooked hot sandwiches, water, coffee, clothing, blankets, sleeping bags and tents. Some days is smooth sailing; other days a challenge. Buddha Maitreya's goal is to uplift and heal, tackling at ground level one of society's most pressing and chronic problems.

Seven days a week the monks and nuns drive around downtown Omaha between 1pm - 3pm. Many of those we help are sleeping in tents or just on the ground - under bridges, by railroad tracks, in doorways.. relying on Buddha Maitreya the Christ's daily food support.

During the summer months the extra challenge besides needing food, is keeping hydrated.
When the temperature and the humidity rises, it's harder to make it through the day with no downtown public water supply. Buddha Maitreya and Tara have started to provide re-fillable water bottles to help.

As it starts to get cold, we need to prepare for the needs that come with Winter. People get desperate for coats, gloves, hats, blankets. Last Winter homeless people lost fingers and toes from frostbite - you can help us make a difference.