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We are a private foundation, deeply committed to resolving literacy issues in West Africa. We have started small, but we dream big: today our work is focused in West Africa, but we are also building relationships and mobilising networks for a wider system change across Africa.

How it all started

Behind mc2h is a passion to see West Africa thrive. Below is a bit about the mc2h journey.

mc2h is a family foundation, created by Michael Hacking in 2016 out of a passion to
help make a difference in Africa – home to him and his family for much of their lives.
mc2h enabled him to personally contribute to the continent he so loves, starting with
education.

2016 – 2020

Having established its values, mc2h embarked on a new phase in 2021. It adopted a more institutional structure and began to receive funding from the family-owned business, Mocoh Group, which Michael established in 1998 and is Chairman of today. Mocoh pledged USD 12m for mc2h to scale its impact up to 2030. Mocoh is still mc2h foundation’s principal funder today, while mc2h continues to be fully independent in its governance, decision-making and strategy.

2020-2021

Michael’s devotion to Africa is shared by his family, including son Guy – now CEO of Mocoh – and daughter Tara, who became Executive Director of mc2h in 2021 to head its strategic development. Under her leadership, mc2h refined its focus to early-years literacy, the cornerstone of all education and the foundation’s rallying cry today. This purposeful focusing of funds and knowledge has taken mc2h to become the only foundation dedicated exclusively to literacy in West Africa.

2021-now

Our purpose

To identify, support and convene organisations that boost literacy rates in West Africa.

The team

We are a lean, dynamic team. We are unburdened by bureaucracy, and are able to go where other people aren't. We are ok with failure; but we learn fast. We are rigorous and data-driven. And we will never give up.

As CEO of the mc2h foundation, Tara champions equitable giving, steering the new organization into a transformative philanthropic force. Previously, she co- founded a hospitality start - up in Geneva, innovating living and working spaces, and managed a global healthcare brand at Unilever in London. Tara holds a degree in French and Italian Literature and Language from Cambridge University.

Tara Wondraczek

Director

A Chief Executive with 25 years of experience in social impact, founder and CEO of Pi, Jo provides key strategic advice to the mc2h foundation as board chair. She has held leadership roles in NGOs, social enterprises, and venture philanthropy organisations, and developed strategies for philanthropists and foundations seeking systemic change, working across 50+ countries.

Jo Ensor

Board Chair

Patsy will bring her 30 years of administrative experience of growing Africa-centric companies with a hands-on approach, primarily in management control. She has a strong intuitive attitude which will assist the development of the mc2h foundation. She has an unsurpassable dedication to this educational cause.

Patsy Shannon

Director