Spoons takes up residence
Another welcome arrival, this time of the furry variety, has joined the MiMo family. Found abandoned in May, Spoons was introduced to the children and is now treated as part of the family in Casa 2. Two of our boys have willingly taken up the important responsibility of caring for Spoons who is now living […]
Lili joins the MiMo Team
Welcome to Lili Gervaśio – our newly appointed Project Care Supervisor who joined the MiMo Team on Monday 17 July. Lili, who is a qualified paediatrics nurse, will be focussing on the day to day care and health of our resident children.
Casa 3 ready for a new family
Repairs to, and refurbishment of, the third house are almost finished with just a coat of paint needed to smarten the exterior. Over the next two weeks 12 more children will be joining us and together with their new House Mother, Claudia, they will form a family unit and live in this house. We all […]
New General Manager for our project at the Casas de Esperanca
We are delighted to welcome the arrival of the new General Manager for our project at the Casas de Esperanca in Catembe. Anabela Felipe has a management background in human resources, finance and company administration and is keen to progress the development of our project. We have no doubt that she will be a great […]
Art lessons to the children with Osvaldo
Local Katembe artist, Osvaldo, who has been giving art lessons to the children is delighted with their progress. Together they have created the two pieces of artwork shown. Painting and drawing gives each child another opportunity to express themselves and Osvaldo can now recognise whichpiece of work belongs to which child. Further projects are being […]
Make My Day Better
Make My Day Better, the charity arm of UK companies Dial A Flight and the Lotus Group, have recently made a generous donation to MiMo. This support will enable MiMo to renovate two more houses at the Casas de Esperanca which, when completed, will give an additional 24 vulnerable and orphaned children a home. A […]
School material donation from a Formiguinha
The students of the 4th Grade at primary school “a Formiguinha” in Sintra, Portugal have been learning about solidarity and volunteering. Celeste & Wannes, Directors of MiMo who live in Sintra, were invited to speak about their experience at the Casas de Esperanca and about the project Associacao Missao Mocambique. The children were very enthusiastic […]
Green Rhino Travel
A huge thanks to Janet and her team from Green Rhino for supporting MiMo in 2016. During the year Janet came across from South Africa and organised 3 fundraising events in Maputo which raised over 10,000 US $. The last event being in November where a record amount was raised – this enabled us to […]
Visit by the new Governor of Maputo
Tuesday 21st February the MiMo team hosted a visit to the Casas de Esperanca by the new Governor of Maputo, Yolanda Cintura. The Governor met the children and viewed an exhibition of their paintings and crafts.
Fundraising with Green Rhino Travel
Green Rhino Travel Services from South Africa held their second fund-raising event for 2016 at the Southern Sun Hotel in Maputo on 18 August. All funds raised are kindly donated to MiMo. Another huge thank you to Janet from Green Rhino for her continued support and to Bruce Chapman at the Southern Sun Hotel for […]