Mona Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports grassroots 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.
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Mona Foundation is named after Mona Mahmudnizhad, an Iranian high school student who was executed in 1983 for her religious beliefs – Bahá'í – and teaching of children classes.
Mission
Mona Foundation Mission is to support grassroots educational initiatives and raise the status of women and girls across the world. We live by the guiding principles of Universal Education, Equality of Men and Women and Community Building. Mona Foundation currently supports 150,000 students in 16 projects in 10 countries. In the past 17 years, Mona Foundation has supported more than 34 educational projects in 16 countries touching the lives of thousands.
Mona Foundation was founded in 1999 by a small group of people committed to making life better for all of our children. The Foundation supports grassroots educational initiatives that provide education to all children, increase opportunities for women and girls, and emphasize service to the community. Our goal is to eliminate global poverty and support community led transformation such that no child ever goes to bed hungry, is lost to preventable diseases, or is deprived of gift of education for lack of resources.
We believe that the keys to alleviating poverty are universal education, gender equality, and community building. We also believe that regardless of who they are or what their economic status is, people have the capacity to lead their lives and write their own future. The programs we support have proven records of success, backed by the local community. Since 1999, Mona has awarded more than $8 million to 34 projects in 18 countries, providing access to quality education for more than 150,000 students annually. Three principles guide our work:
Situation in Haiti
Issues faced by Haiti like corruption and lack of infrastructure hinder their development even if foreign aids are given. The incentive to not study and work is a common issue faced by the youth in Haiti as poverty is widespread and the need to support their family. Hence without the support from within the community itself, foreign aid may not seem to be useful. In fact much of the effort put in the previous decade by various organizations have proven to be ineffective. Thus Mona Foundation had help to alleviate these two issues by providing resources through direct contact of the manager in Haiti.