A message from our Director on the death of Tom Grams

Tom It is with a very sad heart that we share with you the news of the death of our friend and partner Tom Grams, DDS.
Tom was one of ten medical personnel that were killed a few days ago in Afghanistan by the Taliban.

To read more of this terrible loss, please click the READ MORE button below.

Click Tom Grams at work to view a video of Tom at our Shanta site in Myanmar.

Introduction

intro image Shanta Foundation is currently working in the mountains of Myamar in collaboration with small villages to enhance their basic quality of life. The people are extremely poor, living under a severely repressive regime and have almost no opportunity to make things better for themselves. Our focus is on partnering with them to improve the education, health, and financial sustainability of their entire village.

Our beginning was in a small village, in the Shan State, where the children are excited and proud of their new school, are enjoying nutritious lunches, their attendance has more than doubled through middle school, and the teachers are motivated and being paid adequately for the first time. The village water supply is now clean and secure and health care is becoming affordable and accessible.

We are very proud of how much has been accomplished through these partnerships. Though they are poor and uneducated the villagers are also inventive and industrious. With a small amount of assistance we are helping them achieve lasting results at very low cost.

These accomplishments are made possible by the generous contributions of so many who care and want to make a difference.