Mags Gargan
Misean Cara, the charity that processes the funding for Irish missionary organisations, has launched a new strategy setting out the priorities to ensure the future of the Irish missionary approach to development.
The new five-year plan focuses on key areas of education, healthcare, sustainable development and human rights. The strategy is based on a global consultation with over a thousand beneficiaries in more than 10 countries and highlights a particular concern for women and children, refugees or displaced people and the disabled.
Direction
“Never before has Misean Cara so deeply engaged its members and wider stakeholders about its future direction,” said CEO Heydi Foster. “It is an ambitious renewal of Misean Cara and what we stand for. It marks a steep change in the way we support and accompany our members; in the way we inculcate and promote a missionary approach to development; in the way we contribute to a rapidly increasing global movement for positive change; and in the way we proactively engage with human rights.”