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Kiribati

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Help support local educators teaching the youth of Kiribati about their rights and acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to exercise them.

Country Information

Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is a country in Micronesia in the central Pacific Ocean. The permanent population is just over 110,000 (2015), more than half of whom live on Tarawa Atoll. The sovereign state comprises 32 atolls and reef islands and one raised coral island, Banaba. They have a total land area of 800 square kilometres and are dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometers.

Marists in Kiribati

After a request from Bishop Paul Mea to Provincial Br Greg Ryan, Br Bernard Blewman went to investigate in 1983. Despite its isolation from the rest of the Province it was seen to be “Champagnat country”, because of the isolation and the poverty. The first brothers went in 1984 and the post-primary school became St Louis High School. In 1986, the brothers opened a formation house and the first local brothers formed a community on the island of Marakei in the nineties. Since then, a growing number of Marists are working in St Louis and in the diocese. The presence of the brothers is marked by internationality: brothers from Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand have been and are involved in this Marist mission.

Current Projects

St Louis High School Kiribati Amenities Block | KI0004

St Louis High School is located on the small island of Tarawa in Kiribati. Just under half of Kiribati’s population (approximately 40,000 people) live on Tarawa, placing significant pressure on the environment and its limited resource base. This region experiences a high level of poverty and vulnerability and is under threat from rising sea levels. Kiribati’s population is also growing […]

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Australian Marist Solidarity (AMS) is the international agency for the aid and development work of the Marist Province of Australia throughout Asia and the Pacific Islands. AMS is part of Marist Solidarity and looks after its development projects. Australian Marist Solidarity is a full member and signatory of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID). For more information on our commitment to the Code click here. We are endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient (ABN 46 373 535 209) and registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission.