The Maumoon Foundation | |
Abbreviation: | TMF |
Founder: | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
Type: | Nonprofit |
Location City: | Malé, Maldives |
Headquarters: | 5th floor, Fulidhooge, Henveiru, Malé, Maldives |
Leader Title: | Chairperson |
Leader Name: | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
The Maumoon Foundation is an Malé-based nonprofit organization founded in 2010, by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the 3rd president of the Maldives.
The Maumoon Foundation was established on 26 January 2010 by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, former president of the Maldives.[1] [2] It aims to improve the livelihoods of the Maldivian people through various programs. The foundation operates as an apolitical, not-for-profit charitable organization, focusing on areas of interest that Gayoom supported during his presidency.[3]
In June 2018, the foundation announced it had begun a scholarship program at the Garden City University in Bangalore, India.[4] Prior it, the foundation offered 80 scholarships in 20 different fields at the Garden City University in 2017.[5]