1.7 Million People in 53 Countries Benefited from Irish Missionary Projects supported by Misean Cara At our AGM today in Dublin, we were pleased to launch our 2022 Annual Report, which details key results showing the invaluable contributions made by Irish missionary organisations to Ireland’s international development goals, through their unique approach to development work. The 2022 […]
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Misean Cara held its 2023 AGM on 28th June at the Camden Court Hotel, Dublin. Highlights included an overview of Misean Cara and member activities conducted in 2022, review of 2022 Financial Statements, the implementation of the new Misean Cara Strategy for 2022 through 2026, and appointment of two new board members, Mr Philip O’Brien
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Join Misean Cara on the afternoon of Thursday 25th May, for a special screening of ‘The Letter: A Message for Our Earth’. The film is a documentary featuring Pope Francis in conversation with five frontline leaders who are tackling the environmental and biodiversity crises in response to the Laudato Si’ encyclical – which calls for
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Today, on International Women’s Day, meet some of the women and girls participating in Misean Cara member projects who are empowering themselves through new job skills and improved livelihoods; returning to or completing their formal education; or overcoming the injustice of Gender Based Violence to become community advocates for other women. Misean Cara and its members
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As of today, the death toll from the February 6th earthquake in Syria and Turkey has risen over 50,000, with thousands more left injured and homeless. From the first moments after the devastating earthquake hit, missionaries based in Syria were already in place and ready to begin assisting survivors. “Many Misean Cara members live and
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For Global Language Advocacy Day, Misean Cara Monitoring & Results Measurement Officer Jenny Ackermann shares insights into the importance of protecting Language Rights for all people.
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Misean Cara was saddened to learn of the death of Fr Tim Galvin, a Kiltegan Father with the Saint Patrick’s Missionary Society, who passed away suddenly in Nairobi, Kenya on the 9th of February, 2023. Fr Tim, who had been a missionary in South Sudan for nearly 40 years, was passionate in his work to
When COVID-19 emerged in early 2020 it brought with it significant new challenges to the provision of health care in poor, vulnerable communities in East Africa. At a time when unknowns were the norm and significant barriers were going up in the delivery of urgently needed health interventions, what enabled Missionary Development organisations to be
Today, according to UNESCO figures, 244 million children and youth are out of school and 771 million adults around the world are illiterate. Without access to quality education people, especially those in vulnerable communities in the developing world, will continue to struggle to break the cycle of poverty that leaves millions of children, youth and
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#UNHumanRightsDay Since March 2020, 111 million students have dropped out of school in developing countries, many of them girls. In a new report launched this week at the Headquarters of the UISG International Union of Superiors General in Rome, research supported by Misean Cara and carried out by four international religious congregations, examines issues and