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Your gift can help children like Maria learn and thrive.

Mary MacKillop Today walks alongside communities experiencing injustice and poverty to create lasting change. Inspired by the courage of Australia’s first Saint, we turn hope into action through education, financial inclusion and life skills that strengthen dignity and self-determination.

Together we help build futures shaped by opportunity, not circumstance.

Who we are

We partner with communities to turn hope into action, by strengthening dignity and opportunity through education, financial inclusion and life skills.

Who we are

Stories of change

We walk alongside people, listening first, building skills, and supporting locally led solutions that last. From teacher training in Timor-Leste to scholarships for First Nations students.

What we do

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Your generosity is changing lives, giving children, families, and communities the tools, skills and opportunities to thrive.

All donations of $2 or more are tax deductible in Australia

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Last year Mary MacKillop Today

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50,768
People reached through our international programs
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1,334
Loans provided for essentials valued at $1.85
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67,000
Learning resources distributed across programs in Timor-Leste

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