We support our members with funding for their projects, but also with practical support to improve their organisational capacity. When development organisations run effectively, with well-trained staff and efficient systems, they are better able to deliver life-transforming projects to people in need. 

Our mission to support overseas missionary projects is driven by a vision for a world where people who are the most marginalised, excluded and underprivileged can achieve a better quality of life. Underlying all our efforts to realise this vision are six core values: Justice, Respect, Commitment, Compassion, Integrity and Trust. We see these values mirrored by the unique way that missionaries conduct development work.

The Missionary Approach to Development Interventions (MADI) reaches people in some of the hardest to reach places including conflict zones and remote rural areas, where other organisations are often unable to maintain a presence. Missionaries take a holistic approach that sees every person as a dignified human being and addresses their needs and capabilities in partnership with individuals themselves. 

A long-term dedication to the communities they live alongside and serve; a vision of a better, more equitable world for all; and a deeply personal, faith-inspired lifestyle and sense of solidarity with the poor further exemplify what makes the missionary approach unique within the wider context of international development.

Since our founding, Misean Cara has been generously supported by the Irish public through funding from Irish Aid, the Irish government’s programme for overseas development. We remain grateful for this support and partnership in our effort to help the furthest behind build a better life for themselves