Welcome back to term 4 for all teachers, colleagues, students and supporters.
The team at Australian Marist Solidarity in Brisbane continues our mission to support vulnerable young people across Asia and the Pacific region through 4 core areas of work. AMS believes in quality education as a means to enhance the knowledge and skills of the future generations and as such provide support to local partners working across:
- Formal education;
- Learning Centres;
- Skills training: and
- Community development.
Our 2018 Schools theme “Unlock Solidarity: Freedom to Learn” highlights the impact education can have on children of the tea garden plantations in Giasnogor, Bangladesh. With over 700,000 people residing in these tea garden plantations and almost no educational facility, it is almost impossible for the children to escape their current situation. St Marcellin School, Bangladesh is providing free education and boarding to tea garden children that enables them to break the cycle of poverty and rise above the bonded life that they were born into. The school promotes intercultural and interfaith understanding with children and teachers belonging to 22 different ethnic groups and three major religions.
St Marcellin’s School, Bangladesh is but one example of a project that AMS partners with. With approximately 15,000 beneficiaries in 2017 across 24 countries there are many projects located throughout Asia and the Pacific that schools choose to support. Your continued support is vital to the longevity and sustainability of these projects. If your school does not currently support an AMS registered project then we encourage you to visit our website or email us at ams@marsits.org.au to learn more.
As we move into the backend of the year we will be hosting two Christmas gatherings, one in Brisbane on November 5th and one in Melbourne on November 18th. Everyone is welcome to attend and we hope to see as many of you there as possible. Full details of the events are on our website, visit: www.australianmaristsolidatiry.org.au