At Mapuordit Mercy Beyond Borders works with the principal of the local high school to provide scholarships to all female students.
Mercy Beyond Borders invests in women and girls, not bricks and mortar. Why? Because research has proven that the single most powerful tool for lifting families up from destitution is the education of females. In Haiti and in South Sudan we are partnering with women and girls in 3 ways to alleviate extreme poverty:
- Educating women and girls;
- Supporting women’s Micro-Enterprise groups;
- Improving maternal/child health.
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2nd Annual Video Contest - Winner
The winning entry in MBB's 2012 National Video Contest was produced by the Micro-Finance Club at all-girls Presentation High School in San Jose, CA. Congrats to all! Kudos also to the runner-up, produced by Brittany and Marisa at Mt. St. Mary Academy in Little Rock, AK.
MBB thanks the 3 professional videographers who volunteered on the judging panel: Chris Jenkins (independent filmmaker and instructor in environmental documentary film-making at UC Santa Barbara), Adrian Belic (Director of Ghengis Blues, nominated for an Academy Award), and Mark Eisner (Director of The Essential Neruda/ Red Poppy Productions).
