Vision & Mission

Towards a fairer world

Why we do this — and how. Two questions, one answer: because no child gets to choose how they start, but we can very much decide what comes of it.

Our vision — why we do this

A world where origin does not decide the future

We believe in a world where children are loved, respected and valued — no matter where they were born. And we believe that world changes when people stand up and push for it together.

Poverty takes from children the basic right to learn, to play and to grow. At its worst it leads to child trafficking and exploitation. That is what we set out to change.

One person cannot change the whole world — but the world can change the life of one person. So we work to make sure poverty does not get the last word.

Girl from Mityana in an orange dress
380 million children worldwide live in extreme poverty. Each dot stands for one million.
One dot out of 380

And inside it: names, faces, voices. 80 children who have come every morning since March 2025. That is not even a ten-thousandth of this one dot — and for those 80 it is the whole world.

Children of the Mityana kindergarten, arm in arm
The opposite of poverty is not wealth, but justice. So we act where hope and structure are missing.

Jasmin K. · Founder of the Jona Foundation

Our mission — how we do it

Education that enables

We enable people and communities to meet their own challenges. A kindergarten reaches one village. A truck reaches many.

Direct impact

What changes for a child the moment we reach them.

01

Access to education

School-age children no longer have to stay home minding their siblings. We prepare the little ones cognitively, socially and emotionally for school — and where no road leads there, the school truck brings the learning materials to the child.

02

Early childhood development

A safe, trusted place that walks with every child on their own path and brings their talents into view.

03

Health & basic care

Illness is one of the fastest routes back into poverty. The medical and school truck brings basic care to villages with no clinic within reach — a child treated early loses no schooling.

04

Safety & protection

Protection from abuse. And the space, materials and time to play — the ground everything else stands on.

05

Proper nutrition

Two nourishing meals and clean water a day. The children help grow the vegetables and raise the chickens — and learn something that stays with them.

Impact beyond the single place

Every initiative improves not only the lives of the children, but those of their families and communities too.

06

Strengthening parents

A safe place for their child gives parents room to improve their own situation. We involve them — through dialogue, guidance and the skills they already bring.

07

Community development & jobs

Construction creates jobs locally, the truck creates more: drivers, paramedics, doctors. Local professionals strengthen the economy — and the sense of responsibility within the community.

08

Continuous support

Together with local education institutes we organise the move into primary school. Continuous support instead of a break after three years.

09

A generation that leads

An informed, committed generation that shapes the future of its country with integrity.

Together

Education is the most powerful tool

We are building bridges into the future — stone by stone, child by child. 100 % of your donation reaches the project.

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