Restoring Dignity: A Breakthrough in a Restricted Access Area For Fatima and Miriam, survival was an everyday battle. Both women, divorced and raising their children alone, faced an overwhelming reality. Fatima worked tirelessly at menial jobs to provide for her three children, one of whom has type 2 diabetes. Miriam, a mother of five, struggled […]
A Beacon of Light In August 2024, Sister Sroy Chheng’s world turned upside down. When her husband passed away, she was left alone to raise five children in a small Cambodian village. Life became a daily battle—struggling to provide for her family, she worked at a small restaurant, earning just enough to survive. The weight […]
Maria’s Story: From Struggling to Thriving Through Sewing & Faith In the heart of Jerusalem, a struggling community in Cape Verde, Maria was facing an uphill battle. With no access to basic sanitation or clean water, life was already difficult. But as a single mother of three, her biggest challenge was survival. Without a job, […]
A Vision for Change: How Local Leadership Transforms Communities In Village M, Indonesia, a small farming group faced a crossroads. The long-term effects of the pandemic had disrupted their cooperative efforts, and for more than a year, their once-thriving community livestock group sat idle. Without a new project to rally around, motivation was dwindling, and […]
Seeds of Change: Transforming Lives Among the Guarani People In a remote village tucked away in South America, a quiet but powerful transformation is taking root. Among the Guarani people, where traditions run deep and challenges are many, small but intentional changes are beginning to shape the future for the next generation. Here, childhood often […]
Some changes happen instantly. Others take time—small shifts in perspective, tiny moments of courage, and simple truths that, once understood, change everything. In a creative-access country where challenges are plenty, MAI’s wholistic program—implemented in partnership with local schools—is opening doors to transformation. These are the stories of real children whose lives have been changed—stories of forgiveness, […]
President’s Annual Report Dr. Ravi I. Jayakaran The year 2023 has been a very fruitful one, with special grace and blessings from God. Both the Capital Campaign and the restricted funding categories were well above target. The unrestricted revenue was below an ambitious budget, but since we were able to ascertain in advance that it […]
Young people all over the world are concerned about the future. In the developing world, this concern adds to the overriding uphill concern of making a living or even just surviving. In the past few months, Medical Ambassadors International has launched a special drive to engage both the Millennials and Gen Z in a partnership […]
Excruciating poverty results in loss of human dignity and snuffs out hope. It is surprising to see how life transforms and hope revives when the constraints that bind people are removed and they experience economic freedom. Hope kindled is like a light in the darkness and soon others also aspire for the same freedom to […]
On a recent trip to Cambodia, I met a Christian brother by the name of Kimsong Haun who had attended an MAI Internship Training in the Philippines in 2012. Kimsong found creative ways of using the training he had received as a means to teach his people and share the Good News of the Gospel […]
