“Let there be love.”
Marina H Smith

Support Holocaust and genocide survivors. Nurture peacebuilders. Sustain education. Continue Marina Smith’s work.

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tributes to marina

“Let there be love.”
Marina H Smith

Support Holocaust and genocide survivors. Nurture peacebuilders. Sustain education. Continue Marina Smith’s work.

Donate Fundraise Sponsor
tributes to marina

Causes

The Marina H Smith Foundation will support the following causes, which were close to Marina’s heart.

Love and Care for survivors

From the day the National Holocaust Centre opened, Marina insisted it should not only exist to learn lessons from history; it should also be a place where victims are given dignity and where survivors are heard and find a home. 

The Marina H Smith Foundation will:

  • Support the National Holocaust Centre to welcome, host and care for survivors.
  • Support other genocide memorials and organisations to provide psychosocial support to survivors of genocide and atrocities.

Love and care for peace builders

Peacebuilders often have lonely walks. Marina found ways to encourage and support them regardless of the resources at her disposal.

The Marina H Smith Foundation will:

  • Encourage and support social entrepreneurs who are building peace, especially in countries recovering from, or at risk of genocide and atrocities.

Education about Holocaust, Genocide and Peace

Marina was a teacher and the first Director of Education of the National Holocaust Centre.  Her emphasis was not only about the value and importance to keep alive memory and knowledge of the Holocaust, but to ensure that the injustices, exclusion and hatred that leads to genocide are addressed through education.

The Marina H Smith Foundation will:

  • Support Holocaust education and peace education programmes, especially those that aim to build resilience against hate and violence.

Acorns and Oak Trees

Marina would often support others to bring about social change, especially when she recognised the potential in a social entrepreneur who may need a little encouragement.  She helped people find belief that, though a small acorn, through determination and patience they could grow a vision into large oak tree.

Marina H Smith Foundation will:

  • •Provide support for early-stage projects that have potential to scale in contributing to peacebuilding.
  • Encourage sustainability of projects that have enduring impact in preventing violence and resilience.

Love and Care for survivors

From the day the National Holocaust Centre opened, Marina insisted it should not only exist to learn lessons from history; it should also be a place where victims are given dignity and where survivors are heard and find a home. 

The Marina H Smith Foundation will:

  • Support the National Holocaust Centre to welcome, host and care for survivors.
  • Support other genocide memorials and organisations to provide psychosocial support to survivors of genocide and atrocities.

Love and care for peace builders

Peacebuilders often have lonely walks. Marina found ways to encourage and support them regardless of the resources at her disposal.

The Marina H Smith Foundation will:

  • Encourage and support social entrepreneurs who are building peace, especially in countries recovering from, or at risk of genocide and atrocities.

Education about Holocaust, Genocide and Peace

Marina was a teacher and the first Director of Education of the National Holocaust Centre.  Her emphasis was not only about the value and importance to keep alive memory and knowledge of the Holocaust, but to ensure that the injustices, exclusion and hatred that leads to genocide are addressed through education.

The Marina H Smith Foundation will:

  • Support Holocaust education and peace education programmes, especially those that aim to build resilience against hate and violence.

Acorns and Oak Trees

Marina would often support others to bring about social change, especially when she recognised the potential in a social entrepreneur who may need a little encouragement.  She helped people find belief that, though a small acorn, through determination and patience they could grow a vision into large oak tree.

Marina H Smith Foundation will:

  • •Provide support for early-stage projects that have potential to scale in contributing to peacebuilding.
  • Encourage sustainability of projects that have enduring impact in preventing violence and resilience.