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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 was…

Children who experience domestic abuse can be forgotten victims. Mayo Children's Initiative (MCI Ireland), a programme in rural Ireland, made "spectacular progress" in reaching these children and is a model for other countries to follow, according to the lead researcher of an evaluation carried out…

An Animation created for Mayo Children's Initiative in conjunction with St. Brendan's Community College Belmulet and The Galway Film centre with Tutor Aideen Barry.   More on the Mayo Children's Initiative >>

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 10th,…

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…

Children and youth organisations on the island of Ireland are building a strong body of prevention and early intervention practices, according to an evaluation of Atlantic's investments by Mathematica Policy Research. Meanwhile, research organisations are acquiring new expertise in evaluating children's prevention and early intervention…

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 has…

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)…