The Mariposa DR Foundation is a U.S. 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing youth and families living in the Dominican Republic with the tools they need to become active community leaders for social change.
Education is the pathway out of poverty; but even to reach that pathway, we first need to confront the barriers that complicate and prevent learning: disease and poor sanitary conditions, hunger, lack of shelter and clothing, no jobs or financial resources and gender inequality.
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"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." - Maya Angelou
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Our mission is inspired by the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations. These goals include eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing the child mortality rate, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development.
Our vision is that the Mariposa DR Foundation becomes a community-run organization that provides sustainable and creative solutions to end extreme poverty, especially empowering girls and women to achieve their full potential.
