The Mondo Lingua Initiative

On 17th February 2010, nearly a year into the project, we, the project developers, decided to take a big step: to turn what was a project into an initiative. The Mondo Lingua initiative now has its own place on the web. It was received so well by both translators and organisations that it is now ready and willing to grow beyond its confines. From now on, the project shall known as the Mondo Lingua initiative; its objective will continue to be to help in the helping of others.

The mission statement of Mondo Lingua is still the same:

To help spread the message of charity organisations so that it reaches beyond one country and even one language.

To help the number of supporters of organisations, donees and voluntary collaborators to grow from day to day. And, at the same time, to ensure that more and more people, from all corners of the globe, are aware of the situation in which many peoples of the world find themselves and the problems that must be tackled.

Equilibrium: The Bedrock of the Initiative

Behind us lie no millionaire companies or investors. Nor do we have sponsors who are able to limitlessly aid us in our work. We have, however, looked for and found the way in which we can help.

This initiative would not exist if it weren't for our volunteers. We would not be able realise our mission without our sponsors, nor would we even exist without the organisations who support us.
The organisations support our sponsors and our volunteers. Our volunteers support the organisations. Our sponsors support the organisations and our volunteers.

And so, we have created a virtuous cycle, able to sustain itself and one which allows people to help others without anybody owing anything to anyone. We have, in effect, created a perfect equilibrium. An exchange from which all can benefit.

The Future of the Initiative

This new front which we are now opening, goes beyond creating means of communication. We want to go beyond web page translation and start to offer organisations the ability to create and set up their web site free of charge.

Our second long-term goal is to offer plain text translation free of charge. It goes without saying that these services will be exclusively available to non-profit organisations.

The initiative currently has a greater number of volunteers than of organisations requesting our help. As such, we are considering, in the near future, widening the scope of our free web site translation services into other fields. Up until now, text translations for non-profit organisations have been charged at extremely favourable prices (see the Translation section).

We hope to let you know soon of any progress regarding these two goals.