About Jay Rittker 

Jay Rittker was born and raised in Germany, where  he  received his formal education. After working for a large coffee company in his hometown of Bremen for a few years, Jay had the desire to be involved in Christian ministry.

That opportunity came when the American missionary and evangelist T. L. Osborn, established an office in Germany Jay joined the Osborn Foundation, and worked for them in Germany and England for a number of years, before being transferred to their headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1971. A few years later, Jay joined another international organization, also located in Tulsa, which was primarily involved in humanitarian work in third-world countries. It was there that he learned to combine humanitarian work with the missionary work of spreading the gospel.

In 1997 Jay established the Omega Foundation, a Christian humanitarian organization which is dedicated to ministering to the spiritual as well as physical needs of people, primarily in underdeveloped countries. The Omega Foundation  has many programs to help the underprivileged, but at the heart of Omega's mission is CHILDREN and the operation of children's homes in several countries.

The Omega Foundation has established several mission outreaches in India and  the Philippines and also supports several existing missions in other countries. The  Omega Foundation took over the "Bal Yesu Bhavan" boys home in Nasik, India from another mission agency, and has been able to keep the doors of that  home open. This home continues to rescue boys from the streets and turn them into productive citizens with high moral values.

Seeing the changes that take place in the lives of these children is what motivates Jay to continue and expand the ministry of the Omega Foundation.