MISSION STATEMENT

To end global poverty by promoting entrepreneurial literacy on this planet.

VISION STATEMENT

Our vision is of a world in which innovative entrepreneurial and social enterprise solutions are used to alleviate poverty.

MARK VICTOR HANSEN FOUNDATION PROGRAMS

SOUL SOLUTION—PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTY

The Mark Victor Hansen Foundation’s Soul Solution program focuses on advancing and strengthening programs that make self-sufficiency possible for the world’s poor. The Soul Solution program is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty and alleviating unnecessary human suffering.

Led by Mark Victor Hansen and an independent board of trustees, the Foundation builds hope by engaging with world leaders, entrepreneurs and government officials, finding and funding the best and most effective programs, and developing partnerships to produce optimum results.

The Foundation collaborates with partners who share in our vision to improve or expand on their already existing programming by providing financial and programmatic resources. Through the backing of our financial partnerships, the Foundation provides the support necessary to empower those in need, working towards our shared goal to end world poverty.

“We’re not giving them a hand out, we’re giving them a hand up.” Mark Victor Hansen

2008 Project Descriptions: Nepal Farming Project

This social entrepreneurship project is focused on creating economic opportunity for several remote villages near Ilam in southeastern Nepal (bordered by China and India). This area was instable from 1996 through 2006, where 11,000 people died and 200,000 were displaced. The country of Nepal is now emerging as a post-conflict region, but remains one of the world’s poorest countries, with the per capita income of just US $244.

The Mark Victor Hansen Foundation will provide capital funding to empower 200 farmers (1200 villagers) with new “fibreless“ ginger growing technology and support in facilitating innovative trade terms (forward contracts, hedging, and buy-back agreements) with neighboring countries. This is the first operation in this region focused on development of the ginger industry, and hopes to fill a gap and seize an opportunity to be the pioneer in facilitating economic growth for the farmers and their families of this region. Given that there are over 32,000 ginger farmers in Eastern Nepal, the potential for scale-up is great!. This is a collaborative project with Mercy Corps who will manage this comprehensive project, track and report economic and social outcomes.

THE FREE ENTERPRISE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM—EMPOWERING YOUNG ADULTS

The Mark Victor Hansen Foundation is honored to meet the needs of the 21st century by providing young adults with an entrepreneurially driven empowerment program called The Free Enterprise Scholars Program. The Free Enterprise Scholars Program is a series of four-day programs held in conjunction with the Mark Victor Hansen MEGA University events.

This program provides an opportunity for scholars ages eighteen to twenty-two, who are enrolled in high school, college or university to attend MEGA events as a collective group, immersing them in an environment that encourages today’s young adults to create, design, market, and commercialize technologies, products and services that financially benefit themselves, their families and their local communities.

The scholars are provided with the resources they need and the encouragement of entrepreneurial thinking that is vital to generate a thriving future global economy. Participants identify how their natural gifts and passions can make a difference in the world leaving the program as empowered global thinkers and visionaries.

BOOKMARKS--BUILDING BRIDGES TO EDUCATION

The Mark Victor Hansen Foundation will provide funding support of the Children’s Academy of Global Heart in Kikoiiro, Uganda. This school will educate nearly 2500 children over a five-year period, supporting the 6000 residents within the village of Kikoiiro, in addition to the 30,000 members of the surrounding communities. This project includes the construction of a seven-room schoolhouse, including desks, books and supplies. A clean water source will be created, as well as housing for the teachers and salaries for their first year. This is a collaborative project with JustLikeMyChild Foundation who will over-see construction, program management, and outcome assessment.

2008 Project Descriptions

To provide funding support of the Children’s Academy of Global Heart in Kikoiiro, Uganda. This school will educate nearly 2500 children over a five-year period, supporting the 6000 residents within the village of Kikoiiro, in addition to the 30,000 members of the surrounding communities. This project includes the construction of a seven-room schoolhouse, including desks, books and supplies. A clean water source will be created, as well as housing for the teachers and salaries for their first year. This is a collaborative project with JustLikeMyChild Foundation who will over-see construction, program management, and outcome assessment.

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Mark Victor Hansen Foundation

P.O. Box 7665, Newport Beach, CA 92658

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