The Tandana Foundation

2933 Lower Bellbrook Road
Spring Valley, OH 45370
États-Unis

Personne de contact: Anna Taft

+1 937 862-0202
info@tandanafoundation.org
Anna@tandanafoundation.org
http://tandanafoundation.org
https://www.facebook.com/TheTandanaFoundation/?ref=page_internal

Les Thèmes

• Organisation d'aide
• Politique + projet d'éducation
• Projet d'environnement

• Bénévoles sont les bienvenus.

Qui sommes-nous

The Tandana Foundation, established in 2006, is a non-profit organization that offers support for community initiatives in Ecuador's Otavalo Canton and Mali's Bandiagara District as well as intercultural volunteer experiences.
Its community initiatives support community members in Mali and Ecuador as they work toward their dreams of education, health, food security, water resources, environmental conservation, and income generation.
Its volunteer programs provide visitors to Ecuador or Mali the unique opportunity to be guests rather than tourists, to form intercultural friendships, to participate in a rich indigenous culture, and to make a difference in the lives of new friends.
The Tandana Foundation is not about "helping the poor" or imposing a developmentalist worldview or any particular religion. Rather, our goal is to create and nurture respectful and responsible relationships among people of different cultures. Giving and receiving are inherent parts of those relationships, and contributing to community initiatives is a great way to make friends. We come to learn and to share.
Tandana comes from a Kichwa root meaning "to gather together" or "to unite" and represents the spirit of our work. "Tandana is to unite together, be together, struggle together. This is what you have done and what you are doing.

Tandana's Mission:
To support the achievement of community goals and address global inequalities through caring intercultural relationships that embody mutual respect and responsibility.

Community initiatives
Tandana partners with communities in Mali and Ecuador who are working on projects that help them reach their goals. We support projects that are the initiatives of local communities and organizations, because we respect their ability to define their own priorities and envision ways to make their dreams into reality. The local community always makes a significant contribution to the project, and sometimes visiting volunteer groups help too. We also provide certain services at the request of local communities.
• Education
• Environment
• Food Security
• Health Care
• Income Generation
• Infrastructure
• Water Resources

Volunteer programs
We offer open enrollment volunteer ventures for adults and families as well as custom group volunteer programs for all ages. These trips bring together diverse individuals united by a desire to learn, grow, share and contribute in the communities they visit. They provide opportunities to experience life in Ecuadorian or Malian communities; exchange ideas with locals of different perspectives, ages, and vocations; and to give and receive joy.

Anna Taft is the Founding Director of the Tandana Foundation.

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.