The Girl From Mumbai is now available for immediate delivery – click here to order. All proceeds go to the Community Migrant Resource Centre. On Thursday 22 April, the Girl from Mumbai – A Migrant Story was launched by Hon Alex Hawke, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Multicultural Affairs & Migrant Services at the Rydges Hotel, Norwest,…
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The Girl From Mumbai has recently hit the Amazon #1 Best Seller list in over 24 categories! OMG! I am so excited to update EVERYONE that my book has just hit Amazon #1 Best Seller in the following categories: ✅ #1 Amazon Bestseller – Cultural & Regional Biographies✅ #1 Amazon Bestseller – Emigration & Immigration✅…
DetailsJim and Darryn congratulate Melissa Monteiro on the launch of her book The Girl from Mumbai.
2021 has seen the incremental ripples that follow a year of humans responding to crisis. Not a soul has been left untouched by the tentacles of a virus taht pressed pause on civil society, as masks and social distance became our lingua franca for the foreseeable future.
This article first appeared in the Hills to Hawkesbury News. Written by Bev Jordan. Melissa Monteiro has sought a life of service since she was a young child, and at the age of 12 was volunteering with the Missionaries of Charity set up by Mother Teresa of Calcutta close to her home in Mumbai. “They…
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Now she’s written a book about her remarkable life. From working in the Mumbai slums with Mothers Theresa organisation “Missionaries of Charity” to helping migrants in Western Sydney settle into their new lives, Melissa Monteiro has never faltered in her commitment to others. The life of good deeds was part of Melissa’s upbringing, with a…
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