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  • Happy Holidays from the Isa Mundo Foundation

    Happy Holidays from the Isa Mundo Foundation

    We would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and all the best in 2013. It has been a year of project maintenance for the Foundation as we begin to asses how to further support our on-going projects since 2006.  As with all not for profit and charitable organizations, attainment of financial support and funds has…

  • Yelapa School

    Yelapa School

    In the past year, we have been in discussion with educators in Yelapa, Mexico to launch a new education project in this village located within the Bay of Banderas (Puerto Vallarta region). We have sent two volunteers to assess the situation and capacity of the school and its supporters and believe that there is an…

  • Mexico Project Site Visits

    Mexico Project Site Visits

    We are set to return to Mexico and in the beautiful and culturally rich state of Jalisco and Puerto Vallarta region.  Isa Mundo projects in the area have become example of success stories for the Foundation where our school projects are doing well, child centred facilities are built and new projects continue to be launched.…

  • Career Highlight – Andrée Lacasse

    Career Highlight – Andrée Lacasse

    Isa Mundo Foundation Co-Founder, Andrée Lacasse – was recently highlighted by University of Victoria’s School of Child and Youth Care for her dedication to Isa Mundo’s education and child and youth projects. It also recognizes  her contributions to Indigenous communities through her career at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada and her volunteer work with the…

  • Goal 2: Zero Hunger

    Goal 2: Zero Hunger

    Goal 2: End Hunger, Achieve Food Security And Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture   The UN Sustainable Development Goals reported that:  “A profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourish today’s 795 million hungry and the additional 2 billion people expected by 2050. The food and…

  • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

    Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

    Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. United Nations outlined that: 17,000 fewer children die each day than in 1990, but more than six million children still die before their fifth birthday each year Despite determined global progress, an increasing proportion of child deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa and…

  • Goal 4: Quality Education

    Goal 4: Quality Education

    Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning. Of the 17 Goals supported by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, quality education and lifelong learning identifies one of Isa Mundo Foundation’s primary objectives – to provide basic primary education for all. Isa Mundo strongly promotes the UN’s commitment to this Goal…

  • Goal 5: Gender Equality

    Goal 5: Gender Equality

    Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. There have been some progress on gender equality in the past 10 years but according the United Nations, women and girls continue to face barriers and violence in the world.  The United Nations (UN) outlined that, “gender equality is not only a fundamental human…

  • Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

    Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

    Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all  Having access to clean water is one of the most important parts of basic survival. The planet contains enough fresh water to sustain our population but poor infrastructure and economics result in millions of people who die from diseases as a result of poor water…

  • Goal 1: End Poverty And All Its Form Everywhere

    Goal 1: End Poverty And All Its Form Everywhere

    As we committed in 2017, Isa Mundo Foundation will highlight the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and to promote and support the list of items identified by the SDG. Goal 1: End Poverty and All Its Form Everywhere “Extreme poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 1990. While this is a…