A special conversation with Dame Quentin
Make A Mark Australia was honoured to join our Patron, the Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO, during a visit to Marist College Canberra for a special gathering of students from Marist and Canberra Girls Grammar School who recently returned from their immersion trip to the Solomon Islands. During their visit earlier this year, the…
Celebrating Children’s Week 2025
From 18 – 26 October 2025, coinciding with the fourth Wednesday in October, Australia celebrates Children’s Week – a national event that invites us all to recognise, honour and give voice to the rights of children. This year the theme is drawn from Article 42 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC): “Everyone should know about children’s rights!”…
Celebrating International Day of the Girl Child – Education. Connection. Possibility.
Today, on International Day of the Girl Child, we celebrate the power, potential and promise of every girl – no matter where she is born, what resources she has, or what challenges she faces. At Make A Mark Australia, we believe education is not just about learning – it is about opportunity, confidence, leadership and…
Hearts and minds opened: A journey of connection in the Solomon Islands
Last month, students from Marist College Canberra and Canberra Girls Grammar School travelled to the Solomon Islands for an unforgettable immersion experience, and visited two of Make A Mark Australia’s partner schools: Mercy School in Burns Creek and Amoana Christian Academy on the outskirts of Honiara. This was no ordinary school visit. Over several days,…
Sharing hope, equipping young leaders – MAMA helps prepare students for Solomon Islands journey
At Make A Mark Australia, we believe that the power to make a difference doesn’t come from age, wealth or experience – it comes from willingness. And that spirit was alive and well this week when our General Manager, Paul Singer, and fellow Director, Leigh Southwell, met with students from Marist College Canberra and Canberra…
MAMA Mobile Library supports joy of reading in Timor-Leste
In 2012, MAMA partnered with the Alola Foundation in Timor-Leste to fund a new mobile library to help improve access to books, particularly for children in remote areas. The Mobile Library was designed as a transportable facility that would travel to marginalised communities and provide educational programs for pre-primary and primary aged children. Now 13…
MAMA Director leads visit to Solomon Islands
MAMA Director, Leigh Southwell, is currently leading a visit to the Solomon Islands for eleven teachers from Canberra schools – Marist College Canberra and Canberra Girls Grammar School. The visit, which has been supported by the Solomon Islands High Commission in Canberra, provides a wonderful opportunity to engage with MAMA’s project partners at Mercy School,…
Update from MAMA’s new project in West Honiara!
In June 2024, MAMA was thrilled to partner with the Amoana Academy to refurbish their existing classroom building and help enhance the learning environment for hundreds of children at the school. The committed and enthusiastic team at Amoana got straight to work! Using local contractors and community volunteers, the refurbishment works are progressing quickly. Completed…
New MAMA hall hosts Mercy School graduation!
Many of the projects that MAMA funds and supports are designed to improve infrastructure and enhance learning opportunities. We get really excited about new projects and the impact they have in their community to help empower children in need through education. Earlier this year, MAMA partnered with Mercy School in Honiara to build a new…
Update from Tholana – third phase nearing completion!
The Tholana Kindergarten commenced in 1983 following the vision and leadership by Mrs Elizabeth Dora to provide early childhood learning for the children in the remote village in Isabel Province, Solomon Islands. With no facilities, but with a commitment to quality education, the kindergarten began with 10 children and gathered under the shade of the…
An exciting new project with Mercy School – a brand new hall!
There’s been some exciting progress in a new project MAMA is funding at Mercy School in Honiara! Following the success of earlier projects at Mercy, such as the building of brand new classrooms, MAMA has agreed to support a project to fund a new school hall on the grounds of Mercy School. The school has…
Let there be light – solar connected at Tholana!
Following the successful completion of phase one of Tholana Kindergarten Classroom Project in 2020, MAMA and the Tholana community agreed to progress to phase two of the project, which included constructing the school’s bathroom block and installing a solar lighting and power system. The impact of COVID-19 in the rural and isolated areas such as…
Tholana MAMA kindergarten takes shape!
It’s been a busy and exciting start to the school year in Tholana! The community in the remote village in Isabel Province in the Solomon Islands has been working hard to complete the classrooms and toilet block before the school year. Notwithstanding the challenges imposed by COVID and the delays in supply chains only further…
Update from the MAMA Library Panjshir, Afghanistan
It’s always very special to hear how things are going from our MAMA partners and how our projects are helping to empower children in need right around the world. We recently received this update from Mehdi at Mahboba’s Promise. MAMA has worked with Mehdi to fund the development of a new MAMA Library in Panjshir,…
Update from Tholana, Solomon Islands
We love receiving updates from our project partners – they’re all so inspiring as MAMA continues to empower children in need around the world. This update from our project in Tholana, a remote village in Isabel Province in the Solomon Islands, is particularly special. We were delighted to meet with Mr Walter Diamana, the Deputy…
Beautiful chaos – insights from MAMA Director, Leigh Southwell
In 2014, MAMA was introduced to Leigh Southwell – an incredibly passionate and compassionate Australian who was living in the Solomon Islands and keen to ‘make her mark’ in support of the Mercy School in the Burns Creek settlement of Honiara. We were immediately inspired by Leigh’s vision to help the children in the settlement…
Exciting progress in the remote village of Tholana!
We love hearing updates from our projects and it’s fantastic to see the MAMA Kindergarten in the remote Solomon Islands village of Tholana take shape! In early 2020, the community approached MAMA to seek assistance to build a new safe and secure kindergarten in the village. Notwithstanding the challenges and restrictions imposed by COVID-19, the…
A library full of new books to celebrate 10 fantastic years!
In celebration of ten fantastic years of partnership between MAMA and the Sishemo Foundation, MAMA has recently funded the re-stocking of the MAMA Resource Centre at Northgate Academy in Lusaka, Zambia. With over 800 new books, the children will now have access to additional curriculum resources, and an extra 300 children will be able to…
MAMA + Mercy School + St Edmund’s College = positive developments!
Earlier this year, one of MAMA’s Directors, Leigh Southwell, coordinated a visit by eight students and four staff from St Edmund’s College, Canberra, to Honiara in the Solomon Islands to spend ten days immersing themselves in Solomon culture and contributing time and funds to local communities. They also planned to spend a large part of…
Connecting kids through letter exchanges
In an initiative led by one of MAMA’s Directors, Leigh Southwell, some Australian kids have been developing links with students at one of MAMA’s partner schools, Mercy School in Honiara. The program connects students through a hand written letter exchange. The letters provide an avenue for kids in Australia and the Solomon Islands to share…
Powerful stories of 10 years with Sishemo
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the partnership between Make A Mark Australia and the Sishemo Foundation in Lusaka, Zambia, some of the current and former students have discussed the impact of MAMA’s contribution on their learning. They’re powerful stories of how young children are optimising their potential. https://youtu.be/YiOJKK5AGVk In Sishemo’s video, the Executive Director,…
How MAMA makes a mark
It was on 21 March 2009 – ten years ago – that we were first introduced to the inspiring children at Sishemo. We sat in an overcrowded hall, listening to their songs and were moved by their energy, optimism and hope. Most of the children were orphans and living in child-run households. Many of them…
#MAMA10for10 – celebrating 10 years!
This month marks the tenth anniversary of MAMA. Ten years since we first looked into the eyes of the kids at Sishemo in Lusaka and saw a world of hope and optimism. A world where we all have the potential, and responsibility, to make our mark. Since our launch in 2009, we have completed 12…
More powerful together.
In recognition of International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the incredible role that women across the world have played in helping MAMA to empower over 50,000 children in the last ten years. Any community is enriched when women and girls have equal access to opportunities; when women’s voices are strong; and when gender equality is a…
Making a big mark in 2018!
The end of the year is an important time to reflect and give thanks. At MAMA, we’re no different. We are so grateful for our wonderful supporters and tremendously dedicated volunteers who have made their mark throughout 2017. Together, we have helped empower thousands of children in need right across our region. At a time…
Governor-General opens new MAMA classrooms!
As part of an official visit to Honiara to coincide with the completion of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), the Governor-General of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) and Her Excellency Lady Cosgrove, were welcomed to Mercy School by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry…
Celebrating 6 incredible years!
Our friends at the Sishemo Foundation in Zambia recently celebrated the 6th anniversary of the opening of the MAMA Resource Centre. The library and resource centre have had a huge positive impact on not only the Sishemo sponsored children but to other pupils of NorthGate Academy as well as the teaching staff. The grades of…
Make Your Mark – eat a burger…!
We’ve been selected to participate in Local Matters at Grill’d Manuka this May! Local Matters is the Grill’d community donation program that sees each Grill’d restaurant donate $500 back into the community every month. The donation is split between three local community groups ($300 / $100 / $100). Make Your Mark (and enjoy a burger…!) We’d…
Brilliant academic achievement at Sishemo!
So excited to hear some wonderful news from our dear friends in Zambia! With the support and love of the Sishemo Foundation, and the financial assistance and resources provided by MAMA, 7th grader Joshua Kapilya has just been ranked with the second highest academic achievement in the whole of Zambia! This national rank includes students…
Watch MAMA’s visit to Honiara!
The MAMA team had a fantastic visit to Mercy School in Honiara. Check out our video from the trip. https://youtu.be/POM1Hv_tBJg More details of MAMA’s partnership with the Mercy School, including photos from the recent visit can be found at MAMA visits Mercy School!
MAMA visits Mercy School!
In October 2016, some representatives from Make a Mark Australia travelled to Honiara in the Solomon Islands to visit Mercy School. On arrival at the airport, we were enthusiastically welcomed by a group of the students – amazingly, some had never visited the airport despite only living several hundred metres away in the Burns Creek…
MAMA announces new Women’s Resource Centre in Timor-Leste
MAMA is thrilled to announce that in partnership with the Alola Foundation, a new Women’s Resource Centre will be built in Mascarenhas, Dili. The centre will assist Alola in their mission to: Promote women’s rights and increase women’s leadership capacity, improve the health status of women and children, increase access and quality of education for…
Happy MAMA day!
This Mother’s Day, MAMA is celebrating the crucial role that mothers play around the world in helping their children learn to read and write. There is a growing appreciation of the link between a mother’s education and that of her child. In fact, research funded by the National Institutes of Health has identified that a…
Outstanding success in Honiara!
Earlier this month, MAMA invited Ms Leigh Pirie, our project partner from the Solomon Islands, to attend our Management Committee meeting to provide an update on the project at Mercy School in Honiara. It was inspiring to listen to Leigh, who has been instrumental in managing the project. It was obvious from her stories that…
Merry MAMA Christmas!
As we approach the Christmas season, a short message to thank you for ‘making your mark’ in support of Make A Mark Australia. We simply couldn’t have completed ten projects across seven different countries without you. And because of you, we’ve empowered over 35,000 kids in the last five years! Some of the incredible highlights this year…
#MuddyMAMAs support MAMA!
#MuddyMAMA – an urban legend, a Canberra icon, a bunch of caring and compassionate mothers. Today, as part of the Canberra Miss Muddy carnival, seven friends joined forces to fly the MAMA flag proudly over Thoroughbred Park. With the requisite pink MAMA shirts and a tank full of enthusiasm and energy, the women assembled at…
Update from our Early Childhood Centre in Kabul
We love hearing updates from our MAMA family! The MAMA Early Childhood Centre in Kabul was officially opened in June 2015 by Australia’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, His Excellency Matt Anderson PSM. Since then, additional improvements have been made to create a safe, fun and welcoming environment for children aged 4-7 years from the local community.…
MAMA General Manager visits school in Africa’s largest slum
As part of a self-funded study visit to Kenya with other Commonwealth leaders (CSCLeaders), MAMA’s General Manager, Paul Singer, visited Kibera slum in Nairobi to view educational facilities and learning opportunities for local children. Kibera is the biggest slum in Africa, and one of the biggest in the world, housing approximately 1 million people. Most…
Opening of MAMA OTA Disability Centre in Tonga!
On Friday 3 July 2015, the Governor-General of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) and Her Excellency Lady Cosgrove, officially opened the newly refurbished Ofa Tui Amanaki (OTA) Centre for children and young adults with a disability in Tonga. Make A Mark Australia funded the refurbishment of the run-down 1976…
Interview with ABC Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat – OTA Centre, Tonga (July 2015)
On 7 July 2015, the General Manager of MAMA, Paul Singer, spoke with Bruce Hill on ABC Radio Australia’s program, Pacific Beat. Speaking to an audience that extended across the Pacific, Paul and Bruce discussed the opening of the newly refurbished OTA Disability Centre in Nuku’alofa on Friday 3 July. The audio of the interview…
Local community celebrates opening of MAMA Classrooms!
On Saturday 23 May 2015, the Burn’s Creek community and the teachers and students of Mercy Primary School came together to celebrate the official opening of their new school site. Over the last 12 months the school constructed several new classrooms, with water tank and toilet facilities, and erected a security fence around an area to…
MAMA General Manager Paul Singer joins Commonwealth leaders
The General Manager of Make A Mark Australia, Paul Singer, was recently selected to participate in the Commonwealth Study Conferences Leaders program at Oxford University. CSCLeaders assembles exceptional senior leaders from across the Commonwealth to tackle challenges, build global relationships and develop the cultural intelligence needed by the leaders of tomorrow. CSCLeaders is a partnership…
MAMA classrooms open in Honiara!
We are so excited to hear from our project partners in Honiara that the new MAMA classrooms at Mercy School are ready for the start of the school year! The partnership with the Mercy School in Burns Creek is MAMA’s 9th project and has resulted in the building of two new classrooms to accommodate a…
8,000 reasons to say thank you this Christmas!
It’s been another fantastic year for Make A Mark Australia and on behalf of the 8,000 children in the MAMA family, we want to say thank you! Check out our short Christmas video. With nine projects in seven different countries, there is much to be thankful for and many kids that have had their lives…
CEO Mark Fraser wins award for exceptional achievement!
The CEO of Make A Mark Australia, Mark Fraser, has been awarded the University of Sydney Alumni Award for Community Achievement. In a strong field of impressive candidates, each making their own exceptional contribution to the community sector, Mark received the award in recognition of ‘his contribution to the enrichment of society through the organisation…
MAMA visits remote village of Soibada
On 9 and 10 October, the MAMA team, including CEO Mark Fraser; General Manager Paul Singer; John Fraser and Phil Singer, undertook a visit to the remote village of Soibada in Timor Leste to scope the possibility of building a MAMA Pre-School. Soibada is approximately 130 kilometres south-east of Dili at the geographic centre of…
MAMA returns to the Alola Foundation
On Wednesday 8 October, the MAMA team, including CEO Mark Fraser; General Manager Paul Singer; John Fraser and Phil Singer, visited the Alola Foundation (Fundasaun Alola) in Dili to get an update on the MAMA Mobile Library project.In a meeting with Alola’s Chairwoman, Kirsty Sword Gusmao; CEO, Alzira Reis; and the Education and Literacy Program…
MAMA classrooms taking shape in Honiara!
On 21 May 2014, the MAMA team was thrilled to announce the details of our ninth project. The partnership with the Mercy School in Burns Creek, Honiara, will include the building of two new classroom buildings to accommodate a rapidly growing student population. Located in an underdeveloped settlement with limited access to basic services, the…
Celebrating International Literacy Day
MAMA is all about literacy….we’re passionate about empowering children in need through education. Literacy is a human right. It’s at the heart of our personal and professional growth, and enables us to reach our full potential. That’s why MAMA is thrilled to support International Literacy Day on 8 September. This year’s theme is ‘Literacy and…
Fantastic local support for MAMA project in Honiara!
Following the recent signing of the MAMA Funding Agreement formalising our partnership with the Mercy School in Honiara, work has commenced on the building of two brand new classrooms. MAMA has transferred the first round of funding, and local support for the new project has been overwhelming. Year 5 and 6 students from Mercy School have…
Funding approved for Honiara, construction to commence shortly!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Update from Kiribati!
We love getting updates from our project partners and we’re thrilled to hear that the MAMA Resource Centre in Kiribati is making a big mark! We understand that the staff at the Australian High Commission regularly drop-in to the centre and are always pleased to see it being well utilised and managed. A young i-Kiribati woman has volunteered to manage…
International Literacy Day – 8 Sep
Literacy is a human right, a tool of personal empowerment and a means for social and human development. Educational opportunities depend on literacy. Literacy is at the heart of basic education for all, and essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, curbing population growth, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy. A…
MAMA opens third project in Afghanistan!
The project is set in the Onaba village of the Panjshir Province in Afghanistan, where Mahboba’s Promise operates. The library resource centre is part of the Mahboba’s Promise Hope House, Panjshir Province which serves as a home and educational centre for orphaned and disadvantaged children in the district. Since 2001, while some infrastructure has been…
Remember Sunday Mwansa? He continues to inspire us and remind us all of the power of learning…. I was walking past, selling bananas with my friend when something led me to Sishemo. Little did I know that right there was something that would change my destiny and my whole course of life. My routine would…
MAMA celebrates Book Week!
Book Week is the longest running children’s festival in Australia, celebrating its 68th birthday in 2013. In recognition of the 2013 Book Week theme ‘reading across the universe’, MAMA celebrates the work of our project partners in Zambia, Afghanistan, Timor Leste, Kiribati and Papua New Guinea in bringing books to young children – empowering them…
MAMA gains DGR!
We’re excited, and with good reason! As of 1 July 2013, MAMA has been approved by the Australian Taxation Office as a deductible gift recipient. What is DGR? A DGR is an organisation that is entitled to receive income tax deductible gifts and deductible contributions, under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. You can now claim…
MAMA Mobile Library in action!
We love getting updates from our project partners and we’re thrilled to see that the first MAMA Mobile Library has been a great success in Timor Leste. With the financial support of the McCusker Charitable Foundation, MAMA worked with the Alola Foundation in Dili to deliver a new mobile library and improve access to books…
MAMA opens in Kiribati!
On Monday 6 May, MAMA’s CEO Mark Fraser, General Manager Paul Singer, and Board Member John Fraser, arrived in Kiribati to put the finishing touches on the new MAMA Resource Centre in Bikenibeu village ahead of the official opening on Tuesday 7 May. The new centre is located at the Aia Maea Ainen Kiribati (AMAK,…
Interview with ABC Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat
On 2 May, the General Manager of MAMA, Paul Singer, spoke with Geraldine Coutts on ABC Radio Australia’s program, Pacific Beat. Speaking to an audience that extended across the Pacific, Paul explained where MAMA originated, and importantly for this audience, gave an update on our next project – the opening of the MAMA Resource Centre…
Acclaimed children’s author Narelle Oliver throws her support behind MAMA
Recently, at the launch of Narelle Oliver’s latest book ‘Don’t let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen’, MAMA’s CEO Mark Fraser and General Manager Paul Singer were thrilled to provide Narelle with an update on MAMA’s latest projects. Narelle was interested to hear of MAMA’s new projects in Papua New Guinea and Kiribati. On hearing the…
MAMA reaches PNG!
On Friday 26 April, the CEO of MAMA, Mark Fraser, and General Manager, Paul Singer, joined the Patron of MAMA, the Governor-General of Australia, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, at a special ceremony in Port Moresby to announce an exciting new partnership with Buk bilong Pikinini. The partnership will fund Papua New Guinea’s first mobile…
MAMA Mobile Library hits the streets in Dili!
We’re always thrilled to receive updates from our in-country project partners, and this update is particularly special. The first MAMA Mobile Library has just finished its fit-out, complete with brand new books, shelving, educational resources and a colourful paint scheme. Now, it’s time for the MAMA Mobile Library to hit the streets and take books…
We’re excited…nearing completion in Kiribati
At MAMA, we’re getting very excited as our project in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati nears completion. With news that many of the materials and educational resources have now arrived in Kiribati by ship, the students at the Kiribati Institute of Technology are busily preparing the MAMA Resource Centre for the planned opening next…
A Merry MAMA Christmas…
Many MAMA thanks to those that have made their mark, assisted to empower children in need, and through your support, made this Christmas just a little more special for some incredible children.
4 year old Ava makes her mark!
We can all make our mark in our own way. Here, 4 year old Ava says she wants to stop talking for a whole day to raise money for those who need it more than her. The verdict…there were tears, it was frustrating and hard, but this little talker was determined to finish what she…
MAMA Management Meeting, August 2012
Had a fantastic MAMA Management Committee tonight. Received updates on our existing projects and discussed some potential projects in the Pacific – exciting times ahead! The General Manager, Paul Singer providing an update on the Malilai Girls’ School project in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan
Catching-up on the Alola project…
The CEO of MAMA, Mark Fraser, and the General Manager, Paul Singer, had a wonderful opportunity to catch-up with Kirsty Sword Gusmao while she was in Canberra to launch the Alola Milk Campaign. Along with MAMA’s PAtron, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, we discussed the MAMA Mobile Library Project in Timor-Leste and the impact it…
1st Anniversary of the MAMA Resource Centre in Lusaka
On Friday 15 June 2012, Sishemo held a commemorative event to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of the MAMA Resource centre. The children at Sishemo were reminded again of the colourful ceremony that was attended by the MAMA team and the then Minister of Education, the Honourable Dora Siliya. It’s a year ago when…
Visit to Malilai Girls’ School
After a moving ANZAC Day Dawn ceremony with the Australian soldiers at the Tarin Kowt Multi-National Base, MAMA’s Patron, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, along with MAMA’s General Manager, Paul Singer and Director, Stephen Brady, left the coalition base to visit the Malilai Girls’ School in Tarin Kowt. The Australian Defence Force managed works team, part…
Project 2: MAMA Resource Centre, Kabul
In response to an approach from the charity Mahboba’s Promise in June 2011, MAMA explored the possibility of funding a Resource Centre for some of the most vulnerable children in Kabul. MAMA worked with Mahboba’s Promise to build a new library, which includes brand new books and text books, an arts room, and new computers.…
Opening of the MAMA Resource Centre, Lusaka
In June 2011, the CEO of MAMA, Mark Fraser, accompanied by his father John Fraser; and the General Manager of MAMA, Paul Singer, accompanied by his wife MayLin Singer, privately funded their travel to Zambia to attend the official opening of the MAMA Resource Centre at the Sishemo Education Trust. After the opening of the…
MAMA Resource Centre, Lusaka
In October 2010, following the success of the first projects at Sishemo, MAMA commenced discussions with Sishemo on the impact of building a new Resource Centre at the school. Sishemo enthusiastically embraced the concept, knowing that a well-stocked library and educational facility would significantly enhance the learning potential for their students. Plans were prepared by…
Textbooks and Sewing Machine
On 21 December 2009, MAMA achieved a project milestone with the transfer of A$3,068.53 to Sishemo Education Trust in Lusaka, Zambia, to fund its first project. Designed to prove MAMA’s grass-root approach to providing practical solutions to identified issues, the project was to fund the implementation of a sustainable school feeding program and an intensified…
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