Badi School Honors & Grants

2006 Award for Excellence in Education

Honored for excellence in education in Central America, Oscar Torrez of Badi School, in Panama, was awarded an honorary doctorate and medal of honor. This recognizes the years of sacrifice that both Oscar and Rosa have willingly given to the establishment and development of Badi School.

2006 Top Business International Reward

The “Top Business International Reward” from the consortium Montreal Eventos Internacional was awarded to Badi School in Panama City on July 2, 2006. Rosa Torrez received a certificate, a trophy, and a letter of commendation with the prize's description that mentions quality of education, salutary productivity and clear social responsibility. Also mentioned as reasons for this worthy award were an updated academic curriculum with special use of GIS/GPS technology and the arts and virtues curriculum which other schools are borrowing due to the successes found at Badi School.

2006 $20,000 Donated for
Development Plan

The Badi School has received an additional $20,000 through the Mona Foundation toward the Development Plan.

2005 Donations to Purchase Land

The Badi School desired to purchase the neighboring property in order to expand and build its University. Recently generous donations of a few friends have raised the needed $30,000 through the Mona Foundation to enable the purchase of the land.

2005 Rabbani Library Donated

The Inauguration of the Badi School Library was a very moving event. It was held on the anniversary of the passing of Mr. Rabbani, and therefore had even more significance for everyone. There were welcome notes, short speeches, the students were all present, the dedication plaque was unveiled and a tour of the building was taken.

Mrs. Rabbani gave a heartfelt speech in which she thanked the Mona Foundation for giving her family the opportunity to truly make a difference in so many lives. What a fine tribute to her husband's memory!

Mahnaz Aflatooni Javid stated, on behalf of the Board, that it was the Foundation's privilege to be able to be in this company and to be able to connect people who could benefit one another in such life-changing ways. Many tears were shed and hugs exchanged at this most moving and inspirational event.

Mona Foundation had sent 1000 books ahead to be given to the new library and they had already been arranged on the shelves.

The former 'library' was a small, 10 X 10 room and its contents were in stacked disarray. Each of the attendees to this ceremony was asked to symbolically carry a book from the original library into the new one, and with that the library was officially opened.

The large, new library is a bright and airy structure, well-designed and appointed, with tiles on the floor laid as if they were carpet. The library has an assembly room/gym over it, so as not to waste space. Two new additional classrooms were added on the right side of the building and will be immediately filled by forty newly registered students from the long waiting list.

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2004 Edna Callahan Connolly Memorial Fund Established for Art

A loving supporter of both the arts and the Mona Foundation, Sedona Callahan, has established a memorial fund in honor of her late mother-in-law, Edna Callahan Connolly. This generous fund will be used to support the arts programs at the Badi school. Mrs. Connolly was a watercolorist and loved to share her painitings with everyone. She would not be able to imagine a better way of making a final contribution in this world than to have deserving children benefit from her interest and talent in fine arts.

2004 Scholarships

We are very pleased to say that Mona Foundation has received four scholarship grants for the 2004-2005 academic year. Jennifer Ortega, who has received scholarships each year for four years, has just graduated this year with a full scholarship to the University of Panama!

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