Sr. Jacinta Ugonma Mahakwe MMM The Medical Missionaries of Mary live and work in Salvador – Bahia, Brazil. Since 2000, we have been working in a lower income, peripheral area of the city. It has a predominantly Afro-Brazilian descendant population with more than 90% black/persons of colour. The neighbourhood is […]
READ MORE: Bread for BreakfastBy Sr. Odette Nahayo MMM One day I was facilitating a programme for the needy elderly people in our community in Wau, South Sudan, and a young woman, whose name I came to know later as Fatima, came in and sat in the corner. She had a child on her […]
READ MORE: Rebuilding Hopeby Sr. Cecilia Kanulor Torugbene mission in southern Nigeria has helped us to discover new and creative ways to live and survive in the climate of this mission. Growing plants and vegetables in sacks is one of them. When we MMMs arrived, we had great difficulty in finding a particular […]
READ MORE: Sack Gardening and Food SecurityMany people still think that slavery is something that existed long ago and far away. Unfortunately, that is not true at all. Rising numbers of especially women and girls are trapped in the vicious cycle of human trafficking each year. It does not appear to be a trend that is […]
READ MORE: Victims’ Voices Lead the WayMoira Brehony AMMM tells the story of Dareda Hospital in Tanzania, run by MMM Sisters between 1948 and 2000. When MMM withdrew, it left the Associates to maintain the spirit of Mother Mary and of the healing charism. This has continued right up to the present. Dareda Hospital was opened […]
READ MORE: Dareda – Passing on the Healing CharismSince March 2020, most of the world has been facing the Covid-19 pandemic. Some countries have been badly hit, such as the USA with over a million deaths, and some countries are reporting very few numbers. For example, the Republic of Benin has reported only 27,000 cases with 163 deaths. […]
READ MORE: Two years of Pandemicby Sr. Mary O’Malley MMM It was very clear to me that the young woman who came into our office was in great distress. As we introduced ourselves to each other and Lily began to talk – slowly at first – then most of it flowed out in copious tears. […]
READ MORE: Lily’s StorySince 2006, Sr. Mary O’Malley has been involved in the ministry of Counter Human Trafficking in Kenya. This involves both directly working with victims and awareness raising through training programmes in schools, youth groups and with vulnerable populations. Over the years her work has spread from Kenya to other countries […]
READ MORE: Counter Human TraffickingSr. Martine Makanga is a Consultant Pediatric Surgeon. She is the only highly qualified doctor in this line of work for the whole of eastern Rwanda and in the hospital where she works in Kigali, she receives referrals from 10 other District Hospitals. Her passion is to offer quality pediatric […]
READ MORE: Pediatrics – a Speciality and a PassionChiropody (podiatry) is the form of medical treatment that keeps us on our feet! It helps keep us upright, marching through life and its challenges. Some of our MMM Sisters take this on as a “second career” and provide an invaluable service, especially to the elderly. Podiatrists are healthcare professionals […]
READ MORE: On Our Feet