ILF Mission Statement

The ILF will serve as a charitable institution dedicated to promoting the Irish language in the US, Ireland, and around the world. ILF will provide grants and loans to organizations and individuals dedicated to creating and supporting opportunities to use Irish as a living, spoken language. ILF will support the use of high technology to expand access to Irish Language educational resources. High-tech integrated computer networks, databases, websites, internet portals, and web servers will be established to assist better communication between Irish teachers, native Irish speakers, enthusiasts and learners. In tandem with its mission to support the learning and use of Irish, ILF will support efforts to foster Irish Language-based economic growth in the Irish speaking areas in Ireland. These efforts will be aimed at preserving and sustaining those communities where Irish is the primary language thereby ensuring the survival of the language in its natural state. Toward that end, ILF will seek to develop telecommunications infrastructure in the under-served Irish speaking areas of Ireland so as to create the mechanisms necessary to integrate more fully into the global economy. By fostering an environment more conducive to broad-based economic activity, ILF seeks to engender greater opportunity to pursue a variety of trades and professions through the medium of Irish. In general, ILF will promote the development of high quality employment opportunities for Irish speakers so that do not have to leave Irish speaking areas to pursue their chosen professions.

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