Formation | 2013 |
---|---|
Founders |
Malala Yousafzai Ziauddin Yousafzai |
Type | 501(c)(3) charitable organization |
81-1397590 | |
Focus | Girls' education, education rights |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
CEO | Lena Alfi |
Staff | 48 |
Website |
www |
Malala Fund is an international, non-profit organization that advocates for girls' education. It was co-founded by Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, and her father, Ziauddin. [1] [2] [3] The stated goal of the organization is to ensure 12 years of free, safe and quality education for every girl. [4] As of July 2020 [update], the organization has 48 staff and supports 58 advocates working across Afghanistan, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. [5] [6]
The first contribution to Malala Fund in 2013 came from Angelina Jolie who gave a $200,000 personal donation, which was used to fund girls' education where Malala is from in Pakistan's Swat Valley. [7] [8]
In 2014, Malala Fund helped build an all-girls secondary school in rural Kenya [9] and provided school supplies and continued education in Pakistan for children fleeing conflict in North Waziristan and the floods of 2014. [10]
In 2015, when the government of Sierra Leone closed schools due to the Ebola epidemic, Malala Fund bought radios and created classrooms for 1,200 marginalized girls to continue their education. [11] [12] Building on Malala's advocacy for girls in Nigeria, [13] Malala Fund pledged full scholarships to Chibok schoolgirls freed from the abduction by Boko Haram to complete their secondary education. [14] On 12 July 2015, her 18th birthday, Malala announced funding through Malala Fund of a secondary school in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, near the Syrian border, for Syrian refugees. [15] [16]
In 2016, Malala visited Dadaab Refugee Camp for her birthday and attended the graduation of refugee girls from a mentorship program on leadership and life skills supported by Malala Fund. [17] In December 2016, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $4 million to help Malala Fund launch the Education Champion Network to support education champions in developing countries. [18] [19]
In 2017, Malala Fund significantly expanded investment projects that Newsweek described as, "education advocacy programs run by local people — the kind Yousafzai and her father led when they lived in Pakistan — and will disburse up to $10 million a year over the next decade." [20] New grants included a project in Afghanistan to support the recruitment and training of teachers to fill spots in the country's overcrowded classrooms [21] [22] and supporting local activists in Nigeria to campaign for increasing public education from 9 years to 12 years. [23]
In 2018, Apple Inc. partnered with Malala Fund to fund expansion to India and Latin America and provide technology, curriculum assistance and policy research with a goal of educating more than 100,000 girls. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] In addition, a connection will be established in Brazil with the Apple Developer Academy. [29]
Malala Fund supports local advocates and programs to advance girls' secondary education around the world. [30] The current priority countries for Malala Fund are Afghanistan, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. [31] [32] One of the champions for Pakistan is Gulalai Ismail, chairperson of Aware Girls an organisation with which Yousafzai trained in 2011. [33] [34]
Malala, Ziauddin, Malala Fund staff, members of the Education Champion Network and young education activists participate in conferences and meet with political leaders to advocate for girls' education. [35] [36] [37] [38] The advocacy goals are to increase funding for girls' education [39] and to remove the barriers keeping girls from school, such as early marriage, child labor, conflict and gender discrimination. [40] Malala Fund has conducted research on the impact of girls' secondary education in collaboration with Brookings Institution, World Bank and Results for Development.
In June 2018, Malala Fund helped secure a $2.9 billion commitment for girls' education from G7 countries and the World Bank. [41] [42]
In July 2018, Malala Fund launched Assembly, a digital publication with stories by girls, for girls. [43] [44] Malala Fund won the 2020 Webby Award for Email Newsletter in the category Web. [45]
The organization was featured in the 2015 American documentary film, He Named Me Malala, and Malala's autobiography, I Am Malala.
Formation | 2013 |
---|---|
Founders |
Malala Yousafzai Ziauddin Yousafzai |
Type | 501(c)(3) charitable organization |
81-1397590 | |
Focus | Girls' education, education rights |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
CEO | Lena Alfi |
Staff | 48 |
Website |
www |
Malala Fund is an international, non-profit organization that advocates for girls' education. It was co-founded by Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, and her father, Ziauddin. [1] [2] [3] The stated goal of the organization is to ensure 12 years of free, safe and quality education for every girl. [4] As of July 2020 [update], the organization has 48 staff and supports 58 advocates working across Afghanistan, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. [5] [6]
The first contribution to Malala Fund in 2013 came from Angelina Jolie who gave a $200,000 personal donation, which was used to fund girls' education where Malala is from in Pakistan's Swat Valley. [7] [8]
In 2014, Malala Fund helped build an all-girls secondary school in rural Kenya [9] and provided school supplies and continued education in Pakistan for children fleeing conflict in North Waziristan and the floods of 2014. [10]
In 2015, when the government of Sierra Leone closed schools due to the Ebola epidemic, Malala Fund bought radios and created classrooms for 1,200 marginalized girls to continue their education. [11] [12] Building on Malala's advocacy for girls in Nigeria, [13] Malala Fund pledged full scholarships to Chibok schoolgirls freed from the abduction by Boko Haram to complete their secondary education. [14] On 12 July 2015, her 18th birthday, Malala announced funding through Malala Fund of a secondary school in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, near the Syrian border, for Syrian refugees. [15] [16]
In 2016, Malala visited Dadaab Refugee Camp for her birthday and attended the graduation of refugee girls from a mentorship program on leadership and life skills supported by Malala Fund. [17] In December 2016, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $4 million to help Malala Fund launch the Education Champion Network to support education champions in developing countries. [18] [19]
In 2017, Malala Fund significantly expanded investment projects that Newsweek described as, "education advocacy programs run by local people — the kind Yousafzai and her father led when they lived in Pakistan — and will disburse up to $10 million a year over the next decade." [20] New grants included a project in Afghanistan to support the recruitment and training of teachers to fill spots in the country's overcrowded classrooms [21] [22] and supporting local activists in Nigeria to campaign for increasing public education from 9 years to 12 years. [23]
In 2018, Apple Inc. partnered with Malala Fund to fund expansion to India and Latin America and provide technology, curriculum assistance and policy research with a goal of educating more than 100,000 girls. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] In addition, a connection will be established in Brazil with the Apple Developer Academy. [29]
Malala Fund supports local advocates and programs to advance girls' secondary education around the world. [30] The current priority countries for Malala Fund are Afghanistan, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. [31] [32] One of the champions for Pakistan is Gulalai Ismail, chairperson of Aware Girls an organisation with which Yousafzai trained in 2011. [33] [34]
Malala, Ziauddin, Malala Fund staff, members of the Education Champion Network and young education activists participate in conferences and meet with political leaders to advocate for girls' education. [35] [36] [37] [38] The advocacy goals are to increase funding for girls' education [39] and to remove the barriers keeping girls from school, such as early marriage, child labor, conflict and gender discrimination. [40] Malala Fund has conducted research on the impact of girls' secondary education in collaboration with Brookings Institution, World Bank and Results for Development.
In June 2018, Malala Fund helped secure a $2.9 billion commitment for girls' education from G7 countries and the World Bank. [41] [42]
In July 2018, Malala Fund launched Assembly, a digital publication with stories by girls, for girls. [43] [44] Malala Fund won the 2020 Webby Award for Email Newsletter in the category Web. [45]
The organization was featured in the 2015 American documentary film, He Named Me Malala, and Malala's autobiography, I Am Malala.