Welcome
The Lurdes Mutola Foundation is a youth driven Grant-Making Foundation based in Maputo, Mozambique. It works towards providing youth the services need to further development through education, sport and entrepreneurial opportunities.
Maria de Lurdes Mutola founded it in 2001 as a small fund for young women athlete, it has now grown to support over 4,000 beneficiaries in five provinces in Mozambique.
Breaking News
Inauguration of First house for More School for Me Program was inaugurated by Maria Mutola and the Magude Administrator (not to mention 300 other people). Many thanks to COFRA Foundation of Switzerland and the Philip and Rebecca Hochman Foundation, in California, whose support through the Friends of the Lurdes Mutola Foundation made this construction possible.
Traditional leaders preparing a prayer in front of the newly finished girls’s house in Magude.
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The Maria Mutola Biography, My life in 1 minute 55 seconds and 11 milliseconds, has been launch and will be available soon. The Portuguese language Biography is available for a limited time through the Foundation. Us the Contact section if you are interested in owning your own copy.
New Video on Mais Escola Para Mim
A video of the Foundation’s More School for Me Program prepared by our 501(c)3 sister Foundation in the USA, the Friends of the Lurdes Mutola Foundation.
Meet the Girls who recently graduated the 8th grade in the More School for Me Program.