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We are eager to share the results of Shanta's hard work this year, in collaboration with Muditar, all of our village partners, and you, because without your support, none of this would be possible. Feel free to contact us for further information on any of our programs. We love to talk about the incredible work [...]
Click here to read our 2019 Impact Report We are eager to share the results of Shanta's hard work this year, in collaboration with Muditar and all of our village partners and you, because without your support, none of this would be possible. Feel free to contact us for further information on any of our [...]
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 care of ourselves and one another. Together we are stronger and can get through this pandemic. People are paying close attention to the things and people that [...]
Click here to read our 2018 Annual Report. A Letter From the Board of Directors A very warm hello to our Shanta supporters! 2018 was an exciting year, filled with many opportunities for growth and learning. It was also a year of honoring our founders, Mike and Tricia Karpfen, and appreciating the amazing organization they [...]
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 how clean, safe water is changing lives in one rural village. Thingyan is the Burmese New Year Festival that marks the end of the dry season and welcomes the rain. [...]
Happy International Women's Day! Traditionally, women have been under represented in rural Myanmar. The men made the decisions for what they thought was best for the entire village. When we started the Village Development Teams we recognized the need for women to participate equally. Now our VDT's are equal part women and men, and in some villages [...]
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 away, this dedicated entrepreneur is excited to take a chance on an experimental cash crop to increase her family's annual income. Wai Ti is 32 years young. [...]
Thirteen years ago Elizabeth and I went to Myanmar and spent one day visiting remote villages that hadn’t progressed in hundreds of years. We were moved by the generosity, kindness and work ethic of the people, and the extraordinary efforts they were exerting to help themselves, despite the complete absence of any of the advantages [...]
For many students here in the United States, it’s time to go back to school. The first day of the school year is always a fresh start full of newness. New notebooks with pages that haven’t been opened; pens and sharpened pencils with erasers unblemished and that new eraser smell. New faces in your classroom, [...]
