• Taking Action - School Peace Program

    October 18, 2016

    In Peru, MMI, in partnership with a local NGO, CEOP ILO, have implemented an innovative School Peace Program. Students are learning skills in conflict resolution, peer mediation and advocacy…

  • Changing Lives through friendship and faith

    October 18, 2016

    Education remains a key challenge for Timor-Leste’s future development. In a country where nearly 50% of the population cannot read or write, the need to provide quality education is urgent.

  • Bringing hope through education, health & livelihoods

    October 18, 2016

    Education Thanks to dedicated Australian supporters like you, MMI has purchased a bus which is being converted into a Mobile Learning Centre in Timor-Leste. It will be fitted out with Tetum literacy books, music equipment and other  educational resources. The bus will visit schools, orphanages and disability centres in marginalised communities with MMI’s trainers using […]

  • Creating New Possibilities in Papua New Guinea

    October 18, 2016

    Some 52 years ago the Josephites boldly commenced their mission with the people of PNG, working with some of the most remote communities in the world, and remained there for nearly 40 years.

     

  • Mary's World: Letter from MMI's CEO - Kirsty Robertson

    September 30, 2016

    Dear friends and supporters of MMI

    Earlier this year Pope Francis encouraged us to be hope for the future. He said to be that hope we needed two things.

    Firstly, we needed a memory: of our people, our family and where we come from, the memory of our journey and what we received from those closest to you.

  • Ten things you might not know about Mary

    August 20, 2015

    Mary MacKillop was an educator, a pioneer and a leader, someone who had compassion for others regardless of their situation or race. Galvanised by her belief in the value of education as the foundation for a fulfilling life, Mary’s motto was ‘never see a need without doing something about it’. This led her to minister in […]