Mar 29, 2020
Blog
The future is still bright
We know the world is feeling upside down right now, and everyone is facing a lot of uncertainty and fear. It is time for us all to take...
Mar 12, 2020
Blog - community bank - community-led - leadership - women
Dan’s Notes from the Field
In celebration of International Women’s Day, I want to share with you all some recent stories from our partner villages. On my visit to...
Feb 25, 2020
Blog
Welcome Our New Program Manager
Join us in giving our newly hired Program Manager, Dan Osnato, a warm Shanta welcome! “I joined Shanta because decades of research on...
Dec 13, 2019
Blog
Fireworks Spark a Bright Future
Bwar Kyi and her husband live in Aung Lei village. They are subsistence farmers working the small plot of land they live on to grow...
Aug 13, 2019
education - Uncategorized
What Did You Do On Your Summer Vacation?
This question is heard echoing in classrooms across the US this week as children and youth go back to school after a long break. Students...
Jun 18, 2019
Blog
Aung Than’s Story: Becoming an Entrepreneur
In rural Myanmar, most villagers rely on their small vegetable farms for their income. This meager livelihood is dependent on weather...
May 1, 2019
Blog
Vibrant Village Foundation Visits Myanmar
Dana Delaski, Vibrant Village Foundation, reflects on her visit to our partner villages in the Shan State and Pauk Township earlier this...
Apr 23, 2019
Blog
Celebrate clean water with us!
It's Water Festival in Myanmar! Happy Thingyan from all of us at Shanta and Muditar! Enjoy this short video from Nge Nge and Maw Kin on...
Jan 17, 2019
Blog - community bank - community-led - economic development - women
Growing Dreams With Single Origin Coffee
Wai Ti, of Pin Mi Kone village, shows us her young coffee plant in her bamboo shade house. While her coffee bean harvest may be a few years...
Sep 18, 2018
Blog
Donor Feature: Why Advisory Board members, Arthur Cohen and Elizabeth Karcher, invest in Shanta . . .
Thirteen years ago Elizabeth and I went to Myanmar and spent one day visiting remote villages that hadn’t progressed in hundreds of...