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Mona Foundation is a
non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
that supports
grassroots A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or economic movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from the local level to effect change at t ...
initiatives focused on education and raising the status of women and girls in the US and abroad. They believe that universal education and gender equity are the cornerstones of the eradication of poverty, disease, and conflict. Mona Foundation is named after
Mona Mahmudnizhad Mona Mahmudnizhad ( fa, مونا محمود نژاد, September 10, 1965 – June 18, 1983) was an Iranian Baháʼí who, in 1983, together with nine other Baháʼí women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran on the grounds of bein ...
, an
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
ian high school student who was executed in 1983 for her religious beliefs, in the
Baháʼí Faith The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. Established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th century, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the ...
, and teaching of children classes. Founded in 1999, Mona Foundation supports grassroots initiatives that provide education to all children, increase opportunities for women and girls, and emphasize serve e to the community. The Mona Foundation believes the key to eliminating poverty and achieving positive and sustained community transformation lies in
universal education Universal access to education is the ability of all people to have equal opportunity in education, regardless of their social class, race, gender, sexuality, ethnic background or physical and mental disabilities. The term is used both in coll ...
and
gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...
. Mona Foundation searches the world to identify partners who share these two priorities.


Operations

Many foundations are seed funders, supporting projects that have a beginning and an end. Instead, Mona Foundation develops long-term relationships with locally operated organizations and provides multi-year funding (six years on average).


Projects


New Horizon, Haiti

Recognized as one of the best in Haiti, New Horizon School educates the next generation of graduates as agents of change in the sustainable development of Haiti. A focus on academic excellence and personal transformation is achieved with commitment to community service and focus on moral capabilities. Of the 407 New Horizon's students, 52 percent are girls.


ADCAM, Brazil

The Association for Cohesive Development of the Amazon (ADCAM) started in 1985 as a small orphanage with 30 kids. Today, it is a nationally recognized institution which offers K-12, a technical college, vocational training, a family development center and rural education programs serving over 1,000 students, and 4,400 youth, families and elderly a day. Programs include: * A K-12 school serving more than 1000 students * The Family Development Institute serving at risk students from the ages of 7-17 * The Vocational School offering 16 vocational training tracks * The SAT tutorial curriculum used at 16 river schools alongside Amazon River * An after-school program for street children serving 400 students * A program for the disadvantaged & vulnerable elderly * A Youth Apprenticeship program to prepare youth ages 15–24 for employment * A program to assist juvenile offenders


Anis Zunúzí School, Haiti

The Anis Zunúzí
Baháʼí School A Baháʼí school at its simplest would be a school run officially by the Baháʼí institutions in its jurisdiction and may be a local class or set of classes, normally run weekly where children get together to study about Baháʼí teachings, ...
, located in
Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is defin ...
,
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
, offers K-12 education to 421 students (as of 2019), of whom 60 percent are girls. Excellent academics, music and arts and a Youth Empowerment Program are available to all students. No corporal punishment is allowed at Zunuzi.


Georges Marcellus, Haiti

Georges Marcellus quadrupled in size after 75 percent of schools in Haiti were destroyed by the earthquake of 2010. Located in Guerot, a farming community where most residents work in the fields and incomes fluctuate based on crop yields, Georges Marcellus allows students to continue coming to school even if families fail to pay the fees.


Badi School, Panama

The indigenous native peoples of Panama suffer from the greatest extremes of poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy and higher levels of disease. Located in San Miguelito, Badi school serves a town of indigenous Embera and Kuna ethnic groups. Badi School started in 1993 as a kindergarten in the carport of a trailer home. The school is now a K-12 serving more than 396 students.


Barli Institute, India

Recognized by UNESCO as one of the top 100 education projects in developing countries, Barli educates and empowers marginalized young rural women to become leaders and agents of social change in their communities. Barli has graduated 7,800 girls from more than 780 villages, improving the lives of thousands in their communities. All of Barli's students are girls and women.


Digital Study Hall, India

DSH's approach to education has been described as "YouTube meets Netflix in a schoolhouse with a dirt floor." Headquartered in Lucknow, DSH seeks to improve the quality of education for disadvantaged children in rural and slum schools using appropriate "lite tech" and innovative approaches.


Badi Foundation, China

Since 2005, Badi Foundation’s capacity-building initiatives have attracted over 36,000 participants, mostly women and youth, in 13 rural and semi-rural regions of China. The projects engage participants in service with a focus on agriculture, environment, public health, nutrition, culture and economic development. More than 4,000 women and youth participate in Badi's various programs. In the Environmental Action Program, 100 percent of the 1,044 participants are female.


Mongolian Development Center, Mongolia

The Mongolian Development Center emphasizes character development for children and provides training for teachers and parents. Located in Ulaanbaatar, MDC provides kindergarten and training in six regions of Mongolia, serves more than 7,760 children and 1,308 teachers. Sixty percent of students are girls and the 370 teachers are all female.


Sunflower Mission, Vietnam

With the support of Mona, Sunflower Mission has built 144 classrooms and funded 14,000 scholarships for children in remote villages of Vietnam since 2002. These schools have made education possible for thousands of students. Considered one of the most prestigious scholarships given by any organization operating in Vietnam, the Engineering and Technology Scholarship is given to a student each year via Sunflower Mission.


TKP, United States

Teaching Kids Programming (TKP) trains middle school teachers so they can engage students in Java language using TKP courseware.


Rancho Sespe, United States

Rancho Sespe is a small village of agricultural families living near the town of Fillmore in Ventura County, CA. Since 2001, Full Circle Learning has helped students achieve academic excellence while building character strength, creativity and conflict resolution skills. Out of the 100 families participating, 45 percent of students are girls and 99 percent are Latin American.


Tarzana, United States

The Habits-of-Heart after-school program serves disadvantaged and new immigrant students at Tarzana Elementary School. The program is divided into learning units that focus on a "habit of heart." Habits include courtesy, understanding and dedication and help students enhance their writing, speaking, science, art and music capacities. 75 percent of students in this program are girls.Tarzana Elementary School http://tarzanaes-lausd-ca.schoolloop.com Retrieved 2018-08-09.


See also

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Poverty in Haiti Poverty in Haiti is a long lasting issue that affects the residents on a daily basis playing a significant role in their everyday lives. Issues including housing, nutrition, education, healthcare, infant mortality rates, and environmental factors ...
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Education in Haiti The Haitian Educational System yields the lowest total rate in the education realm of the Western Hemisphere. Despite the deficiencies of the Haitian education sector, some Haitian leaders have attempted to make improving education a national g ...
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List of schools in Haiti This is a list of colleges in Haiti. Colleges This is a list of colleges in Haiti. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Schools In Haiti Haiti Schools A school is an educational institution designed to provide ...
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Humanitarian response by non-governmental organizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake The humanitarian responses by non-governmental organizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake included many organisations, such as international, religious, and regionally based NGOs, which immediately pledged support in the aftermath of the 2010 Hai ...


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External links


Mona Foundation official webpage
Women's rights organizations Educational foundations in the United States Nonprofit youth organizations based in the United States