{"id":8,"date":"2016-08-10T08:51:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T08:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maraactionaid.no\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2024-03-29T05:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T04:03:12","slug":"causes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maraactionaid.no\/en\/causes\/","title":{"rendered":"Causes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:150px;--awb-padding-right:5.5%;--awb-padding-bottom:150px;--awb-padding-left:5.5%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">ABOUT US<\/h2>\n<p>Mara Action Aid is a small humanitarian organization dedicated to providing education and a better life for Masai children living in extreme poverty. Currently, we support 15 Masai children and their families with food, education, and other resources aimed at easing their daily lives and opening up future opportunities.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vi betaler<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0We cover school fees and ensure school supplies such as uniforms, books, and stationery for the children.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0A significant focus of our work is on promoting girls' rights, as young Masai girls face the risk of female genital mutilation and early marriage if they do not attend school. Education is therefore a crucial tool in combating the circumcision of girls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through focused efforts on education, sports, and empowerment, we aim to cultivate a society where every child has the opportunity to receive an education, which they can actively use to help lift their families and communities out of the poverty and injustice they currently endure.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>OUR HISTORY<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Mara Action Aid is a small humanitarian organization. The organization is registered as a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Kenya, and in Norway, the organization is registered in the Business Registry and the Register of Non-Profit Organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Mara Action Aid was founded by Emma Sandvik from Arendal, in collaboration with Paul Nyang'Owo Otieno from Kenya. Our founder lived and worked as a volunteer in Kenya before starting the Mara Action Aid organization. The organization was established in April 2020 shortly after Emma Sandvik purchased a plot of land measuring 8093 square meters. This plot is registered in the organization's name and is where our activity and education programs are currently operated.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraactionaid.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraactionaid.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraactionaid.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraactionaid.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraactionaid.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/maraactionaid.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1913,"href":"https:\/\/maraactionaid.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/1913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraactionaid.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}