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Our Mission

Investing in Education and

Women’s Economic

Empowerment for a More Peaceful

World.

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2013 donations helped MDF provide: •  250 full scholarships •  130 U.S. and Pakistani students the opportunity to exchange

letters, photos and videos through Global Kid Connect •  +1,000 women with Vocational Training

An education directly affects one’s chance to earn a living, allowing one to provide for their family. It also offers an alternative to joining extremist groups. MDF creates those opportunities.

Shazia’s Story

My name is Shazia Mansha. My family is poor but hardworking. We receive our livelihood from harvesting, and I was responsible for grazing our cattle, helping my family with their work, and serving as a maid in other homes to increase family income. When I first started at Sheikhupura school, the teachers took pity on me and cut my hair and nails and taught me how to brush my teeth. I felt like a brand new person. I could look in the mirror and feel proud of myself. They were so kind, it’s hard to keep clean with the type of work I had to do from the moment I left school. When I started falling behind because I did not have time to do homework, the teachers spoke with my parents. I would not be able to excel in school if I didn’t also do my homework and study for my exams.

One day we had a field trip to the zoo. I was SO happy! I got to see animals that I had only previously known of in books. I started reading aloud all the boards at the zoo and the other students were surprised by my reading ability. When I was asked how I could read some of these difficult words I replied, “Before I started school I was a dirty little girl, now I am confident, smart, and important.” My parents now excuse me from most of my responsibilities so I have enough time to study. They are proud and happy and now understand the value of an education. I have promised them that I will be a good student and share all that I am learning so others can benefit from my education too!

The whole world is watching as revolution spreads in the Middle East and South Asia. People are demanding change. They want freedom, jobs, civil liberties, and schools. They want opportunity for all, not just the privileged few. This hope for a better life is precisely what we see with the “everyman”, “everywoman”, and “everychild” we have the opportunity to work with in Pakistan. Drones attacked parts of northwest Pakistan on average every three days in 2010. As U.S. drones and Pakistan’s Army attacks northwestern regions, extremists move to urban areas of Pakistan to take cover among the masses. There they have combined forces with Punjabi extremists to wage war against civilians, policemen and politicians on the streets of major cities. In 2010 alone, terrorists murdered 2,913 Pakistani people and injured 5,824. The extremist groups continue to do most of their recruitment in the urban areas. The attempted attack in Times Square by Faisal Shahzad signals that Pakistani extremist groups’ ambitions may be growing. At our annual Aspen fundraiser at Shelly and Golda Friedstein’s beautiful home last summer, His Excellency Ambassador Husain Haqqani said, "What MDF is trying to do…will be the guarantee of our security.  Young people can be brought up on the idea of hope.  Every young Pakistani child who gets to go to school, gets an opportunity in life. This child becomes one more recruit denied to Al Qaeda and the Taliban." In 2010 we enrolled nearly 300 children in school, fed them, clothed them, and gave them hope. We improved relations between the people of Pakistan and the U.S. via Global Kid Connect, our partner classroom project that served over 100 children in the U.S. and Pakistan. We partnered with local NGO, IKI Foundation, to strengthen their vocational

education program and will be working together to launch morel centers in 2011. The vocational training programs will focus on female entrepreneurs in the communities in which we work. We will provide these women with job skills, business training, and link them to financial services and markets with which they will be able to earn income and help lift their families out of poverty. A percentage of the profits from the products they retail will be dedicated to the schools and training centers to support long-term sustainability. I wish to take this moment to thank our supporters. You are game changers in the field of international security. Your mission is a challenging one, but you carry on knowing it is the only way to build a more just and secure world. As Hamilton Wright reminds us, all worthwhile achievements take place in a challenging environment. It is the challenge, and the human will to overcome it, that makes great achievements possible. Silbi Stainton Founder and Executive Director

Message From The Founder “Don’t be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against,

not with the wind.” – Hamilton Wright

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PROGRAM EXPENSES Program Director $22,660.00 Travel $2,948.71 General Program Expenses $114,335.11 Total Program:             $139,943.82   FUNDRAISING EXPENSES Fundraising Fees $4,725.76 Advertising & Fundraising Expenses $6,013.51 Total Fundraising        $10,739.27   ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Accounting $1,575,00 Operations $7,990.45 Marketing $963.04 Total Admin     $10,528.49

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THE POWER OF A DOLLAR GIVE THEM WARMTH, COMFORT, EDUCATION AND A SENSE OF PRIDE. $25 provides new uniforms, a warm sweater and a pair of shoes for a growing child $50 provides a month of vocational training for a female entrepreneur $100 pays for a deserving child’s tuition for one year $200 trains a teacher on best practices $250 provides start-up capital and vocational training for female family members $300 provides classrooms with desks & chairs so every child has a spot from which to learn $400 allows an entire classroom in Pakistan to correspond with their peers in the U.S. for a year $500 provides shoes and uniforms for an entire class of 20 $600 sponsors a child from grade 1 to grade 5 $1,000 provides high quality books to an entire school of 100 children $2,000 sponsors a classroom of 20 eager classmates and friends for one year $2,200 sponsors a female student in top 15% of her class for 5 years of secondary school $2,500 provides uniforms and shoes to an entire school of 100 deserving students $5,400 feeds 100 hungry students with a nutritious lunch during the school year $12,000 sponsors construction of the science lab and provides supplies

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