Development and Capacity Building

Communities all over the world seek to develop a more prosperous and dignified life-style. Everybody knows that you cannot have good health if you have dirty water. Likewise it is difficult to remain well without a good source of nutrition.

Other aspects of MMM work of health-care are closely linked to the efforts of local communities to improve the status of women. That gets us involved in the issues of income generation.

Sometimes, our work involves us with communities as they struggle to recover from some disaster or from years of war. Examples would be our work among the people of Honduras following Hurricane Mitch and subsequent disasters.

The Medical Missionaries of Mary went to Rwanda following the genocide of 1994, and have remained since developing health and nutrition services as well as trauma counselling. In Angola MMM Sisters have been with the people all through their years of war, and are now involved as the country hopes for a better future in peacetime.

Last modified: Tuesday, December 8th, 2009