Our journey began as Mowgli Foundation in 2008, founded by Tony Bury, a visionary serial entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist. Having experienced the invaluable impact of mentors during his own entrepreneurial ventures (with an impressive 19 start-ups under his belt), Tony Bury recognised the transformative power of mentoring. 

Driven by a desire to address unemployment, economic challenges, security issues, and social inequalities in the Middle East, a region he called home for over 40 years, Tony explored ways to support entrepreneurs and leaders in achieving their fullest potential. His dream was to make effective mentoring accessible to every aspiring entrepreneur and leader, providing them with the guidance, challenge, and wisdom necessary for success. 

Tony firmly believed that through mentoring, self-aware, confident, and skilled leaders would emerge, capable of growing businesses that thrived economically and catalysed meaningful social change. Thus, Mowgli Foundation was born, with its first programmes launched in Jordan, followed by Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine. This belief continues to drive our work at The Human Edge.