INTRODUCTION

Shanta Foundation is currently working in the mountains of Myamar in collaboration with small villages to enhance their basic quality of life. The people are extremely poor, living under a severely repressive regime and have almost no opportunity to make things better for themselves. Our focus is on partnering with them to improve the education, health, and financial sustainability of their entire village.

Our beginning was in a small village, in the Shan State, where they are excited and proud of their new school, attendance has more than doubled through middle school, they eat nutritious lunches and the teachers are motivated and being paid adequately for the first time. Their water supply is now clean and secure, funds are available for serious medical-care, they are receiving dental care from a Durango, CO dentist and they are on their way to financial self-sufficiency.

We are very proud of how much has been accomplished through these partnerships.  Though they are poor and uneducated the villagers are also inventive and industrious.  With a small amount of assistance we are helping them achieve lasting results at very low cost.

These accomplishments are made possible by the generous contributions of so many who care and want to make a difference.

Our greatest joy comes from hearing that they have hope for the first time in their lives.