The Mothers' Union runs three major centrally managed programmes outside Britain & Ireland: the Mothers' Union Literacy and Development Programme, the Family Life Programme, and the World Wide Parenting Programme.

Mothers' Union Literacy and Development Programme (MULDP)

The MULDP is helping communities to work together with confidence and newfound skills. Allowing dreams to turn into reality for thousands of learners in their villages, displacement camps and towns across Burundi, Malawi and Sudan. Long years of disadvantage and marginalisation are beginning to change, lifting people out of poverty and shame toward a brighter future.

Family Life Programme

In eight areas of Uganda, Mothers' Union 's Family Life Programme (FLP) brings a holistic approach to tackling poverty. Our development workers work with community groups to identify and priorities the issues the communities themselves raise - anything from soil erosion, food security, health and sanitation, environmental protection, agricultural skills, living with HIV/AIDS, or good nutrition - and help them find solutions. In this way families are empowered to lift themselves out of the destructive cycle of poverty.

Mothers' Union Parenting Programme (Worldwide)

The programme first began expansion overseas in 2003, when the province of Australia saw potential to develop the programme through their own Mothers' Union dioceses. The trend continued early 2005, with Mothers' Union Parenting Programme (Worldwide) being piloted in six different countries; Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uganda. The programme was tailored in each case to take into consideration local needs and available resources.