Mona Foundation
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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.
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.
, George Marcellus, New Horizon, Zunuzi Annex and CAFT(Centre d’apprentissage et de Formation pour la Transformation).
By identifying specific need of the Haitians community, Mona Foundation uses funds donated by the general public to support educational needs, general funds, infrastructure, operation funds, scholarship and teacher training.
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.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that supports grassroots
Grassroots
A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...
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
Mona Mahmudnizhad was an Iranian Bahá'í who, in 1983, together with nine other Bahá'í women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her membership in the Bahá'í Faith...
, an Iranian
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
high school student who was executed in 1983 for her religious beliefs – Bahá'í – and teaching of children classes.
Methods
One of Mona Foundation's main objective is to meet the educational needs of the country it operates in. It achieves these objectives by giving 100% of designated funds, and 97% of general funds, directly to its projects, to-date impacting the lives of more than 30,000 children, women and their families. In addition, they provide logistical and material resources, as well as technical trainings and strategic consulting for its projects. Even though education is important for both sexes, educating female has 50-60% higher amount of return than male. Donors are able to view their donation online towards the specific request made from the school.Services in Haiti
Ongoing projects in Haiti includes four schools and one training agency: Anís Zunúzí Bahá'í SchoolAnís Zunúzí Bahá'í School
The Anís Zunúzí Bahá'í School is a Bahá'í School near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which first began to hold classes in 1980. It reached the point of offering classes K through 10th grade...
, George Marcellus, New Horizon, Zunuzi Annex and CAFT(Centre d’apprentissage et de Formation pour la Transformation).
By identifying specific need of the Haitians community, Mona Foundation uses funds donated by the general public to support educational needs, general funds, infrastructure, operation funds, scholarship and teacher training.
Situation in Haiti
Issues faced by HaitiHaiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
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.
See also
- Poverty in HaitiPoverty in HaitiWith a Gross Domestic Product estimate of US$6.56 billion in 2009, Haiti is routinely regarded as one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere...
- Education in HaitiEducation in HaitiEducation levels in Haiti are low. Haiti’s literacy rate of about 53 percent falls well below the 90 percent average literacy rate for Latin American and Caribbean countries. The country faces shortages in educational supplies and qualified teachers, and the rural population remains...
- List of schools in Haiti
- Humanitarian response by non-governmental organizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquakeHumanitarian response by non-governmental organizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquakeThe humanitarian response by non-governmental organizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake included many non-governmental organizations, such as international, religious and regionally based NGOs, that immediately pledged support in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake...