Mentor Foundation

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Mentor International (Mentor Foundation) is an international youth development NGO working in the field of substance use disorder prevention. It was founded in 1994 by Queen Silvia of Sweden in collaboration with the World Health Organization. [1] Current trustees include Yvonne Thunell, current Chairman, Stefan Persson, Chairman of H&M and Bertil Hult, CEO and founder of EF Education First. Honorary board members include Queen Noor of Jordan, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Talal bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud and Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of the Saudi Royal Family.[ citation needed ]

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Programs adminstered by the Mentor Foundation have included an adult-to-youth mentoring program run by Mentor Sweden. [2]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Mentor Foundation USA. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Bodin, Maria; Leifman, Håkan (October 2011). "A randomized effectiveness trial of an adult-to-youth mentoring program in Sweden". Addiction Research & Theory. 19 (5): 438–447. doi:10.3109/16066359.2011.562620 – via EBSCOhost.
  3. ↑ Carnes, Sarah (3 October 2025). "Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg: a modern monarch with a steady hand". RTL Today. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Queen Noor of Jordan to Speak at UA Commencement". Newswise. 1 May 2001. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Miller, Noah (28 May 2015). "Stefan Persson the richest man in Sweden". Luxatic. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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