In the 18th December issue of the Irish Catholic Newspaper, Seamus Collins (former Misean Cara L&D Manager) shares his reflections on a monitoring trip to Brazil in October 2025 to visit several Misean Cara-funded member projects. “It’s in the impoverished communities on the periphery of cities like Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, or […]
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In October this year (2025), Misean Cara’s Learning & Development Manager, Seamus Collins, travelled to Brazil to visit missionary development projects that the organisation funds and supports. While there, he spent a lot of time with the Brazilian project teams who have now taken over from the Irish missionaries who spent many years in Brazil,
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Misean Cara CEO, John Moffett, spoke to Spirit Radio’s morning host Kieran Carrick recently to talk about the 2025 Climate Action Awards and how Misean Cara’s members and their innovative climate change projects are having a real impact at a local level. Click here to listen to the interview in full. Learn more about the
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Sr Margaret Hosty, Sisters of Saint Louis, was recently interviewed by the Irish Catholic Newspaper about Christmas fundraising efforts for Grupo AAVE in Brazil, the organisation she co-founded in 1995 to provide support and services to people living with HIV in Goiânia, where she has been based for the past 40 years. In the interview,
By Dario Devale, Misean Cara Project Officer (Human Rights & Advocacy) Human trafficking has surged in recent years: UN data shows more than 200,000 detected victims worldwide between 2020 and 2023, even as experts warn this is only the visible tip of a much larger problem.1 In a 2024 global human trafficking report by the
Misean Cara Member Organisation: Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryProject: Bauleni Special Needs ProgrammeLocation: Lusaka, Zambia Background Located in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, the Bauleni Special Needs Progamme (BSNP) Boys Scout Club, established with the support of Misean Cara, brings together boys and young men aged 12–18 years with the aim
Celebrating 30 years of the AAVE Group in Goiânia, Brazil In October 2025, the AAVE Group celebrated its 30th anniversary at a special event in Goiânia. Co-founded by Sr. Margaret Hosty of the Sisters of Saint Louis, the AAVE Group provides support and information to people living with HIV/AIDS so that they may live lives
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Misean Cara Member Organisation: Salesians of Don Bosco Ireland Project: Bridging Innovation and Learning for Marginalised Youth; Environmental Education and Solar Skills Training Location: Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe Empowering Youth for a Sustainable Future Through Solar Energy Training Skills for Climate-Resilient Livelihoods Across Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe, the Salesians of Don Bosco are transforming lives by
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Misean Cara Member Organisation: Edmund Rice Development Project: Enhancing Mangrove Biodiversity & Disaster Resilience in the Sama-Bajau Community Location: Philippines Enhancing Mangrove Biodiversity and Disaster Resilience in the Sama-Bajau Community Restoring Ecosystems, Strengthening Communities In the coastal municipality of Bato, the Sama-Bajau, an Indigenous group often living in stilt houses over the sea, face increasing
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Misean Cara Member Organisation: Dominican Sisters Project: Mainstreaming Climate Change and Human Rights Education in the Philippines Location: Philippines Integrating Climate Change and Human Rights Education Across Dominican Schools Empowering Students and Teachers for Climate Action In the Philippines, one of the countries most significantly affected by climate change, a pioneering initiative is transforming how
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