Shanta Foundation
Wade Griffith is currently serving as the Executive Director at Shanta Foundation, focusing on addressing extreme poverty in Asia and Africa through sustainable village development. Prior to this role, Wade held various positions in the United Methodist Church and founded a successful non-profit organization called Magic City Miracle. Wade has a Master of Divinity degree from Vanderbilt University and also completed a Two Year Academy for Spiritual Formation. With a background in law and political science, Wade has dedicated their career to community service and empowerment.
This person is not in any teams
Shanta Foundation
Shanta Foundation works in collaboration with small villages in Myanmar (formerly Burma) to enhance their basic quality of life. Our work focuses on community-driven development by partnering with villages to improve their education, health, and economic opportunities. We place a high priority on sustainability, both in terms of environmental considerations as well as providing training and skills to enable villages to maintain and continue their own progress. Shanta currently collaborates with eight villages to identify their development priorities and create and implement projects to improve life throughout the community. Based on their self-identified priorities, Shanta supports programming in the following areas: • Educating Children and Empowering Teachers: constructing preschool, primary and middle schools and providing teacher training that focuses on experiential learning; co-sponsoring high school and university students through scholarships to further their education. • Rural Health Care and Safe Motherhood: creating affordable and accessible healthcare for villagers through our local healthcare worker model • Increasing Economic Opportunities: establishing village-run loan funds to promote local business growth and economic development. • Clean Water, Lighting & Renewable Energy: Safeguarding and improving accessibility of water sources and providing solar lighting for homes.