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Ombudsman for Children Praises Mayo Children’s Initiative
A researcher has hailed the ‘spectacular progress’ made by a Castlebar-based children’s project and said its work was a model for other countries to follow. “What’s going on here in Mayo is of international significance,” said Professor Howard Stevenson of the University of Lincoln. He…
Author: The Mayo News
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A Mayo child's wish for Christmas .....
Mayo Children’s Initiative (MCI) is celebrating children this Christmas by showcasing their wishes and hopes for one another in shop windows in Castlebar, Ballina, Ballinrobe and Belmullet. Displays of red and green cut-outs of children’s hands with heartfelt hand written wishes were unveiled on December…
Author: Mayo Today
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Protective behaviors on trial in Mayo
A community in the far west of the Republic of Ireland is the focus of the first trial in the country of a program designed to help children and young people cope with the experience and consequences of domestic violence. The Mayo Children’s Initiative, which…
Author: Prevention Action
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Children at Centre of Pilot Domestic Violence Service
By Ronan McGreevy. The first dedicated service for child victims of domestic violence in Ireland has been launched in Co Mayo. The Mayo Children’s Initiative (MCI) in Castlebar is funded exclusively by Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation set up by Irish-American billionaire Chuck Feeney. Atlantic Philanthropies…
Author: The Irish Times
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Two Atlantic grantees featured on Irish television programme, "Nationwide"
Link to Video Recently two Atlantic grantees were featured in media coverage on the 9 February 2009 edition of the RTÉ television programme, ” Nationwide.” Big Brother Big Sister (5:45)Orla Nix looks at the youth mentoring programme operated by Foróige, the National Youth Development Organisation Pioneering Initiative (Archways)…
Author: RTE
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