Several years ago, the Shanta Board of Directors began exploring the possibility of launching our Village Partnership Model (VPM) on a different continent. From our inception in 2006, all of Shanta’s groundbreaking work on poverty reduction has been done in SE Asia. Would our innovative model work in a different culture? On a different continent? [...]
In May, Fort Lewis College's Village Aid Project (VAP) partnered with community members in Siyowi and Nachili to build two water systems and two bridges. Now, five months after project completion, the responsibility to ensure sustainability and maintain the system has shifted to the community. Walking through these villages, the sense of ownership and pride [...]
Hi Shanta family! I am just back from Zambia and want to give you a report on the amazing work being done there thanks to your support. As a reminder, we are working in four villages in southern Zambia near the town of Mazabuka. (Click here to see the area in google maps: https://rb.gy/giwqw8) That [...]
In the midst of the worst Cholera outbreak in Zambian history, Shanta Foundation and FLC’s Village Aid Project will launch an ambitious, three-year, water and sanitation infrastructure project that should reduce the risk of cholera in the Siyowi region outside Mazabuka. Responding to the request of village development leaders, VAP and Shanta will travel to [...]
Several years ago, the Shanta Board of Directors began exploring the possibility of launching our Village Partnership Model (VPM) on a different continent. From our inception in 2006, all of Shanta’s groundbreaking work on poverty reduction has been done in SE Asia. Would our innovative model work in a different culture? On a different continent? [...] 
In May, Fort Lewis College's Village Aid Project (VAP) partnered with community members in Siyowi and Nachili to build two water systems and two bridges. Now, five months after project completion, the responsibility to ensure sustainability and maintain the system has shifted to the community. Walking through these villages, the sense of ownership and pride [...] 
Hi Shanta family! I am just back from Zambia and want to give you a report on the amazing work being done there thanks to your support. As a reminder, we are working in four villages in southern Zambia near the town of Mazabuka. (Click here to see the area in google maps: https://rb.gy/giwqw8) That [...] 
In the midst of the worst Cholera outbreak in Zambian history, Shanta Foundation and FLC’s Village Aid Project will launch an ambitious, three-year, water and sanitation infrastructure project that should reduce the risk of cholera in the Siyowi region outside Mazabuka. Responding to the request of village development leaders, VAP and Shanta will travel to [...]