Malala Fund

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Malala Fund
Formation2013
FoundersMalala Yousafzai
Ziauddin Yousafzai
Type501(c)(3) charitable organization
81-1397590
FocusGirls' education, education rights
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
CEO
Lena Alfi
Staff
48
Websitewww.malala.org

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, the organization has 48 staff and supports 58 advocates working across Afghanistan, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.[5][6]

History[edit]

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]

Programs[edit]

Education Champion Network[edit]

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]

Research and advocacy[edit]

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]

Assembly[edit]

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]

In popular culture[edit]

The organization was featured in the 2015 American documentary film, He Named Me Malala, and Malala's autobiography, I Am Malala.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hauser, Christine (5 April 2013). "Malala Yousafzai Announces Grant for Girls' Education". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. ^ Whitcraft, Teri (4 February 2013). "Malala Yousafzai Is Grateful for Her 'Second Life,' Creates Malala Fund for Girls' Education". ABC News. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. ^ Leber, Jessica (1 September 2015). "How Teenage Activist Malala Yousafzai Is Turning Her Fame Into A Movement". Fast Company. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. ^ Ong, Thuy (22 January 2018). "Apple partners with Malala Yousafzai's Malala Fund to help advance girls' education". The Verge. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Malala Fund Staff". Malala Fund. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Malala Fund welcomes 22 advocates as Education Champions and expands into Ethiopia". Malala Fund. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  7. ^ Frith, Maxine (5 April 2013). "Angelina Jolie Donates $200,000 To Malala Fund". Huffington Post. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  8. ^ Barker, Faye (5 April 2013). "Malala announces first grant from fund set up in her name". ITV News. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  9. ^ Smith, Hayden (5 July 2014). "Malala takes education bid to Kenya". Times of Malta. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Malala Fund Giving 2014: Who You Helped Support". Malala Fund. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  11. ^ Poon, Linda (18 February 2015). "Now This Is An Example Of Truly Educational Radio". National Public Radio. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  12. ^ "World Radio Day". Malala Fund. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  13. ^ Umar, Haruna (19 July 2017). "Malala speaks out against Boko Haram in Nigeria". USA Today. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  14. ^ Levs, Josh (13 April 2015). "Malala's letter to Nigeria's abducted schoolgirls: 'solidarity, love, and hope'". CNN. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  15. ^ Westall, Sylvia (13 July 2015). "Nobel winner Malala opens school for Syrian refugees". Reuters. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  16. ^ Mendoza, Jessica (13 July 2015). "Malala Yousafzai's birthday request: investment in 'books, not bullets'". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  17. ^ Opile, Caroline (12 July 2016). "Malala Celebrates her 19th Birthday with Refugees in Dadaab". UNHCR. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  18. ^ "The Malala Fund – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. December 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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  20. ^ Gidda, Mirren (1 October 2017). "Malala Yousafzai's New Mission: Can She Still Inspire as an Adult?". Newsweek. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  21. ^ Hicks, Bill (14 June 2017). "Tough school? War, illiteracy and hope in Afghanistan". BBC. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  22. ^ Yousafzai, Ziauddin (9 October 2017). "Teachers are nation-builders. Developing countries must invest in them properly". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  23. ^ "INTERVIEW: In fighting for girls' education, UN advocate Malala Yousafzai finds her purpose". UN News. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  24. ^ Reilly, Katie (22 January 2018). "Apple Is Partnering With Malala's Non-Profit to Educate More Than 100,000 Girls". Time Magazine. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  25. ^ Gallucci, Nicole (22 January 2018). "Apple becomes Malala Fund's first Laureate partner". Mashable. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  26. ^ Carbone, Christopher (23 January 2018). "Apple teams up with Malala Fund to educate more than 100,000 girls worldwide". Fox News. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  27. ^ "Apple teams with Malala Fund to support girls' education". Apple Inc. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  28. ^ Dickey, Megan Rose (22 January 2018). "Apple partners with Malala Fund to help girls receive quality education". TechCrunch. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  29. ^ Dickey, Megan Rose (22 July 2018). "Apple and Malala Fund take new step into Latin America to give girls a full education". Independent. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  30. ^ Van Oot, Torey (9 May 2017). "What Happens When The World's Most Famous Teen Activist Grows Up?". Refinery29. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  31. ^ "Education Champion Network | Malala Fund". www.malala.org. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  32. ^ Carolina Moreno, Ana (16 July 2018). "A estratégia de Malala para colocar 130 milhões de meninas na escola". O Globo. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  33. ^ Plackis-Cheng, Paksy. "Aware Girls". Impactmania. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  34. ^ Briggs, Billy (13 October 2015). "The Peshawar women fighting the Taliban: 'We cannot trust anyone'". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  35. ^ "Malala Fund Advocacy". Malala Fund. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  36. ^ Heil, Emily (23 June 2015). "Malala Yousafzai visits Capitol Hill to advocate for girls' education". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  37. ^ "15 women speak up on the power of education". Global Partnership for Education. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  38. ^ Rolenc, Sharon (3 October 2016). "From Yemen to the United Nations: St. Kate's student advocates for women's education". St. Catherine University News. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  39. ^ Royle, Taylor; Johnston, Barry (21 June 2017). "G20 Will Never Get Women to Work Without Investing in Girls' Education". News Deeply. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  40. ^ Watson, Emma (8 March 2018). "Emma Watson and Malala Yousafzai: two activists on how empowering women begins with education". Vogue Australia. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  41. ^ "$3 billion pledged for girls education at G7, delighting Malala". The Economic Times. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  42. ^ Mohamed, Farah (6 June 2018). "MALALA FUND ADVOCACY: The key to unlocking girls' potential". The Global Governance Project. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  43. ^ "Assembly Issue Archive". Malala Fund. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  44. ^ Seshadri, Aditi (6 July 2018). "Malala Yousafzai's global non-profit launches a new digital publication". Vogue India. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  45. ^ Kastrenakes, Jacob (20 May 2020). "Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards". The Verge. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

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