About us
The Mar&Tone Foundation was inspired and born from the most powerful and deepest force of all times: a mother’s love for her children.
Established and registered in 2022 in Mozambique, published in the Boletim da República Nr. 88 of May 10, 2022, the Mar&Tone Foundation aims to create opportunities to support education and development of life skills; technical-professional skills, offering short-termcourses for Mozambican adolescents and young people, especially the most disadvantaged.
Launched on August 10, 2023, the Mar&Tone Foundation has its headquarters in Marracuene, in the province of Maputo and has the potential to reach a national target.
Mar&Tone
Vision, Mission and Values
Vision
Create opportunities for children and adolescents for their growth and development in Mozambique. The Mar&Tone Foundation is fully committed to the universality of the rights of children, adolescents and women and aspires to be part of local solutions to the problems that children and adolescents face in Mozambique.
Mission
Training children and adolescents in life and professional skills that will unlock their potential to be responsible and successful in life. Our team of dedicated professionals at the Mar&Tone Foundation works with like-minded agencies to create lasting solutions to the problems facing children and adolescents in Mozambique.
Values
Innovation
Diversity and Inclusion
Trust
Care and Support
Respect
Accountability and Integrity
The Situation of Children in Mozambique
Around 16 million of the Mozambican population are children and adolescents under the age of 18, with 56% of children in primary school and 20% in secondary school and 1.2 million children of school age are out of school.
According to UNICEF and UNFPA, a series of vulnerabilities affect Mozambican children, including forced labor, juvenile crime, street begging, sexual violence, early marriages, child trafficking, chronic malnutrition, lack of access to drinking water, education and health. On the other hand, the early pregnancy rate is very high – 38%.
The Mar&Tone Foundation aspires to contribute to the realization of the rights and well-being of Mozambican adolescent children and young people through the promotion of education and life skills. In collaboration with the Government, civil society, the private sector, development partners and communities, the urgency in promoting initiatives that aim to contribute to the development of skills and competencies for children, adolescents and young people, especially the most disadvantaged, is imperative.
All together we can act and transform the situation of children, adolescents and young people in Mozambique.
United for a bright future: Working together to improve lives.