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 […]
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. More details of MAMA’s partnership with the Mercy School, including photos […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
#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 […]
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 […]
