We are Mona Foundation.

A global community of individuals and organizations who believe that the key to alleviating poverty and achieving sustained community transformation lies in education and gender equality.

We Are a Global Education Community

Founded in 1999, Mona Foundation supports grassroots initiatives around the world that educate all children, empower women and girls, and enable them to transform their own communities.

We support schools and programs that serve economically disadvantaged communities. These initiatives focus on academic excellence, fine arts, character development, and service to train capable, ethical, and altruistic students who contribute to the betterment of their families, communities, and ultimately their nation.

Our Story

Our 2018 Impact

102,332

STUDENTS ENROLLED

3,995

TEACHERS TRAINED

4,237

PARENTS TRAINED

411,324

STUDENTS EDUCATED OR EMPOWERED

Why Education?

While in the past several decades we have made progress, poverty still impacts 80% of our world population. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” and one of the most critical investments we can make.  Education is the key to reducing poverty, eliminating gender inequality, and creating a sustainable planet.

767 Million

Live on less than $1.90/day

6 Billion

Live on less than $10/day

18%

of world’s 7 Billion people cannot read or write


It is a proven fact that education is one of the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty and inequality and lays a foundation for sustained economic growth. “World Bank, 2013”

1=10

$1 invested in education and skills equals $10 in economic growth

1=100

Educating 1 woman positively impacts 100 lives

$50

per month

CREATE HOPE all year long. Educate one child at Badi School in Panama. Change a life.

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Our Support Categories

We support program components essential to ensuring that the students not only excel academically and intellectually but also develop their capabilities to serve and pay it forward to ensure positive sustained change of their communities.

Access

We work with local organizations who know best how to meet the needs of their communities to provide access to education by building classrooms or scholarships to thousands of students.

Empower Women & Girls

We believe women empowerment has multiplier effects and benefits all. When women are empowered and earn an income, they spend 90% of it on their family and directly impact the economic growth of their communities.

Teacher Training

We emphasize and support teacher training, particularly focused on empowerment of women and girls to ensure quality of learning and commitment to service.

Theory of Change

Mona Foundation works to alleviate global poverty by supporting community-led transformation. Our goal is to see children have access to shelter, food, health and education so that they can realize their potential and contribute to the betterment of their own communities.

A set of core principles underpin our view of social change, namely that change is sustainable when the local community is the principal actor in defining, analyzing and solving its own problems; change is a process and not an event and requires long-term commitment, and that without building capacity at the grassroots level, any model of development is not sustainable and is untenable.

See Our Field-Generated Theory of Change

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$50

per month

CREATE HOPE all year long. Educate one child at Zunuzi School in Haiti. Change a life.

Donate Now