Empowerment
MONA FOUNDATION
A Global Education Community
M
ona Foundation
is a U.S.-based
nonprofit with a
mission is to alleviate
poverty and achieve
sustained community
transformation by
improving education
and establishing gender
equality. To accomplish
these goals over the
past 20 years, they work with and through local grassroots
organizations in other countries. Mona Foundation is supported
by thousands of individual donors, Foundations, businesses
and corporations such as Microsoft, Intel, Amazon and Alaska
Airlines. MONA gives 96% of all funds raised to the cause.
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In 2018 alone, Mona Foundation was able to make incredible
strides by supporting the education and empowerment of 411,324
students in 16 projects in 10 countries including the U.S., Haiti,
Panama, Brazil, India, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, Gambia, and
Sierra Leone, where they are building a middle school for 200
students that is partially funded by a San Diego philanthropist.
Last year’s funding was used for several schools in Lucknow,
India. The empowerment program is designed to promote the right
to education for girls as well as prevent early child marriage and
domestic violence.
Every day, the organization’s initiatives change lives. One
example is the success of the Badi School in Panama which
started as an after school tutoring program and has grown to
400 students. The Mona Foundation helped build classrooms,
a library, common room and technology and science labs.
They also provided support for music, arts, and character