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Governor-General opens new MAMA classrooms!

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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 […]

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Project Nine: Mercy School, Uncategorized

Watch MAMA’s visit to Honiara!

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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 […]

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Project Nine: Mercy School

Opening of MAMA OTA Disability Centre in Tonga!

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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 […]

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Project Eight: Ofa Tui Amanaki

MAMA visits remote village of Soibada

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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 […]

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Update from Tholana, Solomon Islands

December 5, 2020by Make A Mark Australia Leave a comment

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 […]

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Project Fourteen: Tholana Kindergarten, Uncategorized

Beautiful chaos – insights from MAMA Director, Leigh Southwell

October 21, 2020by Make A Mark Australia Leave a comment

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 […]

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Exciting progress in the remote village of Tholana!

October 8, 2020by Make A Mark Australia 3 Comments

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 […]

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Project Fourteen: Tholana Kindergarten

A library full of new books to celebrate 10 fantastic years!

March 4, 2020by Make A Mark Australia Leave a comment

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, […]

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#MAMA10for10, Project One: Sishemo Education Trust, Uncategorized

MAMA + Mercy School + St Edmund’s College = positive developments!

December 6, 2019by Make A Mark Australia Leave a comment

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 […]

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Connecting kids through letter exchanges

May 2, 2019by Make A Mark Australia Leave a comment

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. […]

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Powerful stories of 10 years with Sishemo

April 28, 2019by Make A Mark Australia Leave a comment

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 […]

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Project One: Sishemo Education Trust, Uncategorized

How MAMA makes a mark

March 21, 2019by Make A Mark Australia Leave a comment

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 […]

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#MAMA10for10 – celebrating 10 years!

March 11, 2019by Make A Mark Australia Leave a comment

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 […]

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More powerful together.

March 7, 2019by Make A Mark Australia Leave a comment

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 […]

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