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Did you know that educating youth (and ensuring girls and women’s education) improves the health status of children and the economic development of their communities? Statistics reveal that for every 1% increase in education there is a .3% increase in economic growth. Now more than ever, youth in Pakistan need access to safe and quality [...]

If you or anyone you know lives in Chicago, DC, NYC, Houston, London and/or Lahore and would be interested in participating in or helping organize an MDF event, please contact us.We have exciting plans to be in all cities in the coming months.

Pakistani Ambassador, His Excellency Husain Haqqani delivered a powerful and candid presentation at our annual fundraiser in Aspen. He spoke about the recruitment of child soldiers in Pakistan, the domestic and international threat it poses, and the importance of education and access to knowledge in order to curb its development. “..the conflicts these young kids [...]

This graph demonstrates the vital importance of education to economic attainment. According to the International Labour Organization, each additional year of primary education raises a female’s earnings by 15%, and a male’s by 11%. The average girl in Pakistan who receives no education can expect to earn $1/day, and a boy $2/day; after receiving five [...]

Marshall Direct Fund friend and supporter has written a fiction-based-on-fact thriller about the Philippines. It is available for sale in paperback: https://www.createspace.com/3441540 (CreateSpace is a subsidiary of Amazon.com) and the Kindle Edition: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003J35BY0. Please share with others!

This is a very significant article (written for the New America Foundation by our own Vice President, Hassan Abbas) that explains recent political changes in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province and the changing dynamics of insurgent groups. An issue such as this is incredibly important for our own mission, to enable access to education in Pakistan; [...]

MDF provided Vocational Training for 100 Women in Pakistan by equipping mothers with skills and training to produce clothing and embellished goods in order to launch successful businesses, generate income, send their children to school, and lift their families out of poverty, thereby enriching their quality of life and security. Thanks to your support MDF [...]

We have something new and exciting we’d like to share with you! It’s the new Marshall Direct Fund toolbar – once added to IE or Firefox, each time you shop at more than 1,300 stores (from Amazon to Zazzle!) a percentage of your purchase will automatically be donated to Marshall Direct Fund – at no [...]

Just a quick reminder – this week is Aspen Fashion Week, so be sure to check out MDF events and fund-raisers! All the details you need are right here!

We’ve launched a new program for supporters of MDF to donate their frequent-flyer miles to us to help us travel to and from Pakistan as well as travel domestically for conferences and other events. We currently have programs set up with Frontier and Southwest, and will be adding more airlines soon! Frontier: If you have [...]