MAMA has formalised our partnership with the Mercy School in Honiara to fund two brand new classrooms, with the recent signing of the MAMA Funding Agreement. As announced recently, MAMA has partnered with the Mercy School to build the classrooms and help increase the capacity of the school and improve infrastructure. Each classroom will be … Continue reading Funding approved for Honiara, construction to commence shortly!
Preparing to turn soil in Honiara
Things are getting very exciting as we approach the ‘turning of the soil’ for our project in Solomon Islands. MAMA will fund the construction of two brand new classrooms at the Mercy School in Burns Creek, Honiara. The school offers free education to children from the local area. It was established in 2004 to meet … Continue reading Preparing to turn soil in Honiara
Kiribati celebrates first MAMA anniversary!
In recognition of the first anniversary of our project in Kiribati, MAMA’s partner, the Kiribati women’s centre Aia Maea Ainen Kiribati (AMAK), organised a Library Day for over 300 pre-school and primary school students, parents, teachers and friends at their centre in Bikenibeu village. The theme for the day “reading is knowledge” is a key part … Continue reading Kiribati celebrates first MAMA anniversary!
MAMA spreads to the Solomon Islands
The MAMA team is thrilled to announce the details of our ninth project! MAMA is going to partner with the Mercy School in Burns Creek, Honiara, to build two new classroom buildings to accommodate a rapidly growing student population. Located in an underdeveloped settlement with limited access to basic services, the Mercy School provides free … Continue reading MAMA spreads to the Solomon Islands
National Simultaneous Storytime – 21 May
MAMA is thrilled to support this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime! Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. National Simultaneous Storytime aims to: promote the value of reading and literacy; promote … Continue reading National Simultaneous Storytime – 21 May
Royal approval for MAMA’s next project!
We are very excited to announce MAMA’s eighth project partnership! MAMA, in partnership with the Tongan Red Cross Society, is going to help empower children with a disability through better access to appropriate education in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Today, MAMA’s CEO, Mark Fraser; General Manager, Paul Singer; and Director, Stephen Brady; announced the partnership in the … Continue reading Royal approval for MAMA’s next project!
Celebrating 5 years with Sishemo!
We love updates from our project partners and this is a very special one. Our friends at Sishemo in Lusaka, Zambia, recently hosted a special activities day to celebrate five years of partnership with MAMA. It was in March 2009 that MAMA’s founders, Mark Fraser and Paul Singer, visited Sishemo with our Patron, the then … Continue reading Celebrating 5 years with Sishemo!
Celebrating our 5th birthday!
Five years ago, in late March 2009, the founders of Make A Mark Australia, Mark Fraser and Paul Singer, were powerfully moved by what they saw at the Sishemo Education Trust Primary School in Lusaka, Zambia. We saw tremendous adversity and great challenges, we witnessed great courage and optimism, and we learnt that each of … Continue reading Celebrating our 5th birthday!
MAMA announces Pacific Patron – the Queen of Tonga
MAMA is thrilled to announce that the Queen of Tonga, Her Majesty Queen Nanasipau’u has accepted an invitation to become a Pacific Patron of Make A Mark Australia. In line with MAMA’s strategic direction, we recently committed to focus on projects in Australia’s immediate geographic area to maximise our outcomes and help improve literacy levels … Continue reading MAMA announces Pacific Patron – the Queen of Tonga
International Volunteer Day – 5 December
International Volunteer Day (IVD) is celebrated each year on 5 December and was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. IVD provides volunteer organisations and individual volunteers with the opportunity to raise the public awareness of their contributions to economic and social development at local, national and international levels. In Australia, over six … Continue reading International Volunteer Day – 5 December
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