ABC RN, 26 April 2017 New murals are going up on the walls around Australia’s cities. But they aren’t art. Or at least, they aren’t just art. They’re part of a new project called The Unmissables, which seeks to draw attention to missing people, and to tell their stories. Listen to the podcast here.

Mumbrella, 21 April 2017 “Collaborating with other creative communities on a project so important, has been a pleasure and a real labour of love. And while usually we want campaign results to feature in the millions, just one new lead that comes as a result of this work will make it all worthwhile.” Read the […]

The Mercury, 22 April 2017  Ms O’Keefe said The Unmissables aimed to break down the stereotype that missing persons were mixed up in crime, which represented only 2 per cent of cases. “That is the assumption that members of the public instantly make,” she said. “The more we can come up with creative ways to […]

Creators, 12 April 2017 A new art project is reimagining the way we think about missing persons cases. ‘The Unmissables’ pairs illustrators and writers with people who have been reported missing, asking them to tell personal stories that make each case far more compelling than a profile on the back of a milk carton. Read the full article here.

CMO, 17 February 2015 MPAN’s new campaign sees search bars across corporate Australian websites employed to drive awareness of missing persons in Australia. The Missing Persons Advocacy Network (MPAN) has launched a new initiative using digital search across leading corporate websites to help drive awareness of Australia’s missing persons. The new initiative, dubbed ‘Help Find Me’, […]

SBS, 12 April 2017 Tej Chitnis went missing from Melbourne on April 27, 2016. Since then, he has not been heard from, his car has not been found and his bank account has never been accessed – as if he’s vanished without leaving a trace. Yet his parents hope that they will hear from him […]

SBS, 10 April 2017 Indian-origin man Tej Chitnis went missing from his Burwood East home on April 27, 2016. Now, a mural campaign – The Unmissables – near Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne aims to help reignite the memories of the public. Amit Sarwal talked to Loren O’Keefe, founder of Missing Persons Advocacy Network (MPAN), […]

The Age, 9 April 2017 What do you miss when someone isn’t there, what makes them unmissable? Is it their smell? Their touch? The sound of their voice? Or maybe it’s the way they laugh? For Tej Chitnis’ loved ones, they miss everything about him. Read the full article here.

Funny Acorn, 9 April 2017 The search for the long term missing fades over time. In Australia, 100 people go missing every day. Many remain missing and their cases go cold when the police and media move on. So we replaced the vital statistics on boring missing persons posters with stunning works of art and […]

Generosity Magazine, 23 March 2017 MPAN provides support to family and loved ones of a missing person in their darkest time. The team wanted to make the process of creating a search campaign as easy as possible. The team created a solution that simplifies the campaign creation process and automatically generates posters, social media assets […]