Since June 2009, NLK has been undertaking a project entitled Hope for the Underprivileged Most at Risk Population (MARPS) with financial assistances obtained from USAID in collaboration with World Learning Ethiopia. So far the program has been underlying in Ambo town in Oromia Regional National State and Shoa Robit town in Amhara Regional National State and expanded to Hataye town in Amhara Regional National State during the project extension year of 2011.