Shanta’s six-year partnerships honor and inspire human potential and yield remarkable results.
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Partner Villages
1,609,000
Dollars Invested in Development Programs
15,595
People Impacted
Women’s Empowerment
- Impacted 36 villages and 10,940 individuals!
- Healthcare through village nurse midwifery, health education, prenatal and supplemental vitamins, COVID-19 information and support
- 1,351 women received contraception
- 2,091 individuals received preventative/maintenance dental care
- 1,742 participants in Women’s Discussion Groups with topics including self-help, nutrition and home gardening projects
- Impacting 7,839 individuals in 25 villages
- Women’s Savings Groups with 340 members in 21 villages
Expanding Livelihood
- Impacting 20,630 individuals in 36 villages
- $292,000 invested in income generation projects
- 4,091 loans issued by community banks with 99.9% repayment rate
- Projects include pig farming, chili and coffee farming, organic fertilizer production
At a Village Development Team (VDT) meeting Bwar Kyi learned about the Community Loan Fund which provides low-interest rate loans to villagers to create small business enterprises. She had never considered the idea of her own small business before as high-interest loans through local brokers make the idea of a small business startup unattainable. Hearing about a low-interest rate loan opportunity sparked an idea with her: fireworks.
Supporting Education
- Investing more than $738,00 into education
- 36 villages with pre-schools, elementary through high school
- 2,420 children and teachers impacted (through 2019)
- 28 school buildings constructed or refurbished
- 72 scholarships awarded to middle and high school students
- 12 libraries established – Watch Video
- 42 boarding school students sponsored
- 48 teachers provided with adequate housing
- 331 students provided with English summer school classes
“I saw very happy faces of parents when they got scholarship support for their kids to keep studying in middle and high school. I think they would not sent to their children to the school if they have not received scholarship support.” – Kee Khaing (Elementary Teacher)
Building Participatory Leadership
- Heart of Shanta’s 6-year village partnership
- Active in 36 villages
- Impacting 15,595 individuals
- 578 men and women receiving training in leadership skills put into action in their Village Development Teams
“After our village partnered with Muditar, there were many development projects in the village. It took all the villagers – including the women-to meet regularly to discuss village issues. Because of these regular village meetings, all the villagers have more unity and the groups have made improvements to our village rules and the completed projects we only dreamt of.” – Myo Gyi (VDT member)
Developing Infrastructure
- Impacting 12,250 villagers in 28 villages
• Projects include: bridge construction
• Clean water systems
• Road projects
• Health clinic construction
• Household solar electricity access