The MMA community has been involved in “The Mercy Girl Effect,” a project combining the efforts of Mercy schools across the nation, for several years. Together, a group of Mercy-sponsored schools collaborate to improve the quality of life for females in developing nations with a special emphasis on girls and education. In recent years, the MMA students helped to raise money to build a library in Kenya and schools in Cambodia and South Sudan.This year, students focused their fundraising efforts to fund housing for refugees in Nigeria. Sisters of Mercy are currently ensconced with more than 1,000 women and children who were forced out of their homes and had to relocate to the grounds of a local church. The goal was to raise money to build hut-houses for these families. Once they have housing, they get an address and are then eligible to enroll at the local school.
Starting last Monday, daily fundraising activities took place at MMA, culminating on Friday with "Night for Nigeria"–a dance mixer held at St. Joseph's Prep.
MMA students and their supporters raised more than $10,000 for this years initiative.
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