{"id":13,"date":"2022-08-03T19:54:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T19:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:56:40","slug":"mcf-mountain-childrens-forum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/","title":{"rendered":"MCF Mountain Children&#8217;s Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--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:0px px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:30px;--awb-margin-top:0px px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row 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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:-40px;y:-4px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"w:1600px;h:671px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:6;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/sr6\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"MCF Mountain Children's Forum\" class=\"tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" width=\"1600\" height=\"671\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/slide1_mountains_lake.jpg\" data-no-retina> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-3-slide-6-layer-3\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-color=\"#fff\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-tsh=\"c:rgba(0,0,0,0.75);h:5px;b:10px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:77px;y:86px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;s:40;l:50;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"minh:0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:7;font-family:'Arial';\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Build a child's future, build a community \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-3-slide-6-layer-4\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"rs-layer rev-btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/index.php\/donation\/\" 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alt=\"Slide\" title=\"MCF Mountain Children&#8217;s Forum\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/sr6\/assets\/assets\/transparent.png\" data-no-retina>\n<!--\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-3-slide-7-layer-5\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:-42px;y:-4px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"w:1600px;h:671px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:6;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/sr6\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"MCF Mountain Children's Forum\" class=\"tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" width=\"1600\" height=\"671\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/slide2_mountain_children.jpg\" data-no-retina> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-3-slide-7-layer-6\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-color=\"#fff\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bsh=\"h:5px;b:10px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-tsh=\"c:rgba(0,0,0,0.75);h:5px;b:10px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:22px;y:428px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;s:40;l:50;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"minh:0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:8;font-family:'Poppins';\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Uplift a child, uplift the future \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-3-slide-7-layer-7\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"rs-layer rev-btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/index.php\/donation\/\" target=\"_self\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-color=\"#ffffff\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bsh=\"h:5px;b:10px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:24px;y:505px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;l:55;fw:500;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"minh:0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-padding=\"r:50;l:50;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-border=\"bor:3px,3px,3px,3px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_hover=\"bgc:#007aff;bor:3px,3px,3px,3px;sp:100;e:power1.inOut;bri:120%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:7;background-color:#d80044;font-family:'Roboto';\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Donate Now \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><!--\n-->\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slide style=\"position: absolute;\" data-key=\"rs-8\" data-title=\"Slide\"data-sba=\"f:true;\" data-anim=\"d:50;\" data-filter=\"b:2;\" data-in=\"o:0;x:(-20%);y:(-20%);sx:1.5;sy:1.5;m:true;row:6;\" data-out=\"a:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/sr6\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"Slide\" title=\"MCF Mountain Children&#8217;s Forum\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/sr6\/assets\/assets\/transparent.png\" data-no-retina>\n<!--\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-3-slide-8-layer-2\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:-9px;y:-4px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"w:1600px;h:671px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:6;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/sr6\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"MCF Mountain Children's Forum\" class=\"tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" width=\"1600\" height=\"671\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/slideshow3.png\" data-no-retina> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-3-slide-8-layer-9\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-color=\"#fff\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bsh=\"h:5px;b:10px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-tsh=\"c:rgba(0,0,0,0.75);h:5px;b:10px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:60px;y:50px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;s:40;l:50;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"minh:0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:7;font-family:'Poppins';\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Sustain mountain ecosystems \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-3-slide-8-layer-10\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"rs-layer rev-btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/index.php\/donation\/\" 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\/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-column-inner-bg-wrapper\" style=\"--awb-inner-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><span class=\"fusion-column-inner-bg hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-column-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/index.php\/about-us\/\"><span class=\"fusion-column-inner-bg-image\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Why Mountains,<br \/>\nWhy Children?<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"129\" height=\"134\" alt=\"why mountains why children\" title=\"children3\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/children3.gif\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-100\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-column-inner-bg-wrapper\" style=\"--awb-inner-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><span class=\"fusion-column-inner-bg hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-column-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/index.php\/support-ways-to-help\/\"><span class=\"fusion-column-inner-bg-image\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow 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px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h3>MCF &#8211; The Mountain Children&#8217;s Forum<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">MCF The Mountain Children\u2019s Forum taps into the idealism of youth and the power of collective action to help children transform their communities from the ground up. We turn traditional development models upside and inside out. In this way, we catalyze sustainable, lasting change that spans generations and empowers young people as stewards of their\u00a0 mountain ecosystems and cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Mission<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We will work to illuminate the lives of mountain children across the world, to serve as a repository and network of knowledge and resources to uplift and support mountain children and their communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Vision<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We envision a world where children in mountain regions can thrive, have access to the\u00a0 resources they need\u00a0 to advocate for their communities and each\u00a0 other, and to preserve, protect and sustain precious mountain ecosystems, knowledge systems, and ways of being.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 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awb-button__text--default\">Donate Now!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling equal-height\" style=\"--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:0px px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-margin-top:0px px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px px;--awb-min-height:800pxhttp:\/\/mountainchildrensforum.org\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=13&amp;action=edit#;--awb-background-color:#e5eff4;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column equal-height\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h3>Learn More<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-padding-bottom:0px px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-space-around fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-on-top content-left\" style=\"--awb-body-color:#615d5d;--awb-title-color:#007386;--awb-item-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:#73cbc7;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#73cbc7;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#bff1ff;--awb-iconcolor:#007386;\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-box content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><span style=\"height:84px;width:84px;line-height:43px;border-color:#73cbc7;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;background-color:#73cbc7;box-sizing:content-box;border-radius:50%;\"><i style=\"border-color:#73cbc7;border-width:1px;background-color:#ffffff;box-sizing:content-box;height:82px;width:82px;line-height:82px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;top:auto;left:auto;margin:0;border-radius:50%;font-size:41px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-mountain fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #007386;\">Why Mountains, Why Children?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mountains are critically important to the well-being of our planet with their rich treasure of beauty, biodiversity &amp;\u00a0natural resources that sustain the lives of millions. But the mountains, &amp; the people who live there, find themselves in an increasingly precarious situation, their forests eroded, their rivers drained. Our best hope for preserving this essential treasure is by strengthening &amp; empowering the people who live in the mountains to preserve &amp; advocate for their protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-padding-bottom:0px px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-space-around fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-2 content-boxes-icon-on-top content-left\" style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#73cbc7;--awb-body-color:#615d5d;--awb-title-color:#73cbc7;--awb-item-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:#bff1ff;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#bff1ff;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#73cbc7;--awb-iconcolor:#007386;\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-box content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><span style=\"height:84px;width:84px;line-height:43px;border-color:#73cbc7;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;background-color:#007386;box-sizing:content-box;border-radius:50%;\"><i style=\"border-color:#007386;border-width:1px;background-color:#ffffff;box-sizing:content-box;height:82px;width:82px;line-height:82px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;top:auto;left:auto;margin:0;border-radius:50%;font-size:41px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-users fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #007386;\">Our Story\/Who We Are<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Mountain Children\u2019s Forum is inspired by and grows out of the more than two decades of work by the Mountain Children\u2019s Foundation (MCF), a non-governmental organization based in Dehradun, India. Founded more than two decades ago on the premise that the traditional \u201ctop-down, outside in\u201d development model needed to be inverted and turned inside out, the MCF started working with young people in rural mountain villages, to transform their communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-2 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-space-around fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-3 content-boxes-icon-on-top content-left\" style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#73cbc7;--awb-body-color:#615d5d;--awb-title-color:#73cbc7;--awb-item-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:#bff1ff;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#bff1ff;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(0,115,134,0.79);--awb-iconcolor:#007386;\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-box content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><span style=\"height:86px;width:86px;line-height:45px;border-color:#73cbc7;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;background-color:#bff1ff;box-sizing:content-box;border-radius:50%;\"><i style=\"border-color:#bff1ff;border-width:2px;background-color:#ffffff;box-sizing:content-box;height:82px;width:82px;line-height:82px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;top:auto;left:auto;margin:0;border-radius:50%;font-size:41px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-child fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #73cbc7;\">The MCF Theory of Change<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #333333;\">Empowering children to transform their communities through<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Connections<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Building relationships, continuity, trust: addresses isolation of mountain children and their communities<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Holistic Education<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Context-rich education combining traditional knowledge with global awareness: fosters pride, self agency, belonging.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Advocacy<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Raising awareness of neglect for remote mountain children.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--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:20px px;--awb-margin-top:20px px;--awb-background-color:#e5eff4;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:20px px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:0px 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class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-3 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b>Future Conservationists and Environmentalists:<\/b><\/span> Children were so effective at planting and nurturing trees in their villages that village leaders in India now routinely hand their allotment of seedlings to the children\u2019s groups.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Equity through education:<\/strong><\/span> in India, boys became our greatest advocates for giving their sisters more access to education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-4 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Changing the nature of governance by knowing your rights:\u00a0 <\/b>During MCF India\u2019s Right to Information campaign, which taught children how to access the rights that were granted to them by law, the children led their communities in using Right to Information requests to address long standing problems (teachers not attending school, the lack of water and electricity in the village etc). The children\u2019s activities actually changed the nature of governance in the community as the community became more aware of problems affecting their children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-5 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Changing the conversation, changing harmful habits: <\/b>People in many Indian rural communities\u00a0 did not access safe and hygienic toilets. A hygiene and sanitation campaign by our partner in India, the Mountain Children\u2019s Foundation, shows that children are remarkably effective at changing long-held habits \u2013 more than 250 families built and started using toilets as a result of the information and advocacy of their children.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MCF Mountain Children&#039;s Forum - 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