Mary Mother of Peace-Medjugorje Charity, Inc.

With strong financial discipline we bring emergency relief, respond to natural disaster, alleviate poverty and help war orphans, homeless children, suffering people of all faiths at home and overseas. Thanks.

Why do we exist?

Mary Mother of Peace-Medjugorje Charity exists to help war orphans, homeless children, poor families and people in need of all faiths improve their living and educational conditions overseas and at home, and regain dignity.  Current focus at home is to help restore health and well-being to wounded veterans in military hospitals with "Little Flower" project, which needs support to start.  Current focus overseas is on the Balkans --especially Bosnia and Herzegovina--  plus Mexico, India (tsunami victims), Haiti, especially women and children. 

The CFC of the National Capital Area is a cornerstone of philanthropy for more than 3,200 charities.  Mary Mother of Peace-Medjugorje Charity is just one of them. We are perhaps unique because we work with a carefully selected number of suffering families and children and we rely on dedicated local volunteers who make sure that implementation of projects, programs and actions is accomplished as intended, with honesty, love, compassion and professionalism. 

What have you accomplished?

“The important thing is not how much we accomplish, but how much love we put to our deeds every day” was used to say Mother Teresa of Calcutta.  We do what we can the best we can to help war orphans, homeless children, poor families, handicapped teenagers, tsunami survivors and refugees of all faiths at home and overseas.  We are a growing family each year.

For example, with the logistical help of a volunteer US Peacekeeper, Sgt Joe, we gave a tractor and a plough to minority refugees returning to their destroyed villages near Modrica in Northern Bosnia to rebuild their life. At the same time Joe distributed for us winter socks and shoes to three orphanages.  Financing of the tractor and plough was made possible with the support of the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Vienna, Virginia and of the talent of a former US Ambassador who helped us develop and promote the project. The young Croat Pastor of Modrica is supervising the use of the tractor, and is playing a key leadership role for the reconstruction and reconciliation program in this Serb area.  As a result of MMP-MC action, Finland decided to give a second tractor. A third one is needed.

On the US front, we were deeply moved by the 9/11 tragedy. “We will always remember with faith and hope September 11 and pray in solidarity for all the suffering families of the victims”, Bernard and Claudine wrote. In early 2002 the Charity offered a one-week rest and recuperation in Florida to an exhausted firefighter from New York and his family. Nick was working for months at “Ground Zero”.  Similarly in 2001, the Charity MMP-MC helped George, a handicapped boy who just graduated from high school in Indianapolis to visit Universal Studios in Orlando. “It was the best trip of my life”, George wrote. In 2004 and 2005 MMP-MC supported the work of the Crossroads team that is walking across the US in summer, witnessing to the value of every human life. The students walked from California to Washington DC!  Their walk ended up at the National Shrine and on the steps of the US Capitol where the TV media and a Senator welcome them.  God bless America!

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