Blog - Shanta Village Partners

Chocolate Fountains and Women’s Empowerment

November 11, 2021

Thoughts from Executive Director, Wade Griffith Ever been to a Golden Corral restaurant? For your sake, I hope not. Still, there is one fantastic attraction

Resiliency and Development

November 4, 2021

Community-Led Development in the face of COVID19? The emergence of COVID-19 in 2020 posed an existential threat to thousands of international development programs. Organizations stopped

Water for Aung Le!

October 25, 2021

Imagine walking a mile to retrieve water for your everyday use. It may require several trips a day to complete ordinary tasks like cooking, cleaning,

What I Am Fired Up About

September 13, 2021

While I am always enthusiastic about Shanta's work, I get truly enthused when I think about Shanta's future. On the cusp of expansion with a

No Longer Left Behind

June 27, 2021

Ma Khin Lay is a 37-year-old married woman living in Htee Lone village in Taunggyi Township. She has two children in the 5th and 7th

IMAGINE…Villagers Self-financing Their Paths out of Poverty. The Power of the Community Loan Fund

May 25, 2021

What makes Shanta unique in the humanitarian and community development world? Our unique development model has three pillars of sustainability that ensure a permanent (yes,