Organizations Filed Purposes:
CREATING CROSS-CULTURAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FUNDING FOR SMALL COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN HIGHLAND ECUADOR AND MALI'S DOGON COUNTRY.
TANDANA COORDINATED 12 VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS IN ECUADOR, WHICH ALLOWED 183 NORTH AMERICANS TO VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES TO HELP 16 RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ECUADOR, WHILE LEARNING ABOUT THE LOCAL CULTURE. TWO OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE FOCUSED ON HEALTH CARE, AND ALLOWED OUR VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO TREAT 895 PATIENTS. OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM ALSO ALLOWED 6 NORTH AMERICANS TO SPEND 2-12 MONTHS EACH IN ECUADOR AND TO PROVIDE ENGLISH CLASSES AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ASSISTANCE AT A RURAL HEALTH CENTER.
TANDANA PROVIDED FUNDING FOR SEVERAL COMMUNITY INITIATIVES IN MALI:CREATION OF TWO STOCK PONDS, 28 NEW SAVINGS FOR CHANGE GROUPS WERE STARTED WITH 789 WOMEN MEMBERS, 23 EXPERIENCED SAVINGS FOR CHANGE MEMBERS LEARNED HOW TO BECOME REPLICATORS, 6 WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS RECEIVED FOLLOW UP SUPPORT AS THEY DEVELOPED THEIR BUSINESSES IN INDIGO-DYEING, CLOTH- MAKING, SHEEP HUSBANDRY, AND MAKING SEASONING BALLS FOR COOKING. TWENTY-SEVEN REPRESENTATIVES OF 9 VILLAGES LEARNED HOW TO BUILD STONE CONTOUR LINES TO PREVENT EROSION AND CONSTRUCTED 4,552M WORTH OF THESE FEATURES IN FIELDS AND FORESTS. TEN REPRESENTATIVES OF 5 VILLAGES LEARNED HOW TO MAKE IMPROVED COOKSTOVES, WHICH REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR FIREWOOD. MANAGERS OF TWO TREE NURSURIES LEARNED APPLIED GRAFTING TECHNIQUES. HELD A REFORESTATION CAMPAIGN DURING WHICH 1,130 TREES WERE PLANTED, COMMITMENT TO PRACTICING ASSISTED NATURAL REGENERATION, A PRUNING TECHNIQUE THAT ENCOURAGES GROWTH ON 6,115 TREES. TOMMO SO LITERACY PROGRAM FOR 300 WOMEN: A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWED 21 YOUNG MOTHERS TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION, AND SUPPORTED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. IN ECUADOR, TANDANA SUPPORTED PROJECTS THAT INCLUDED: MAJOR PROGRESS ON A NEW POTABLE WATER SYSTEM, COMPLETION OF A COMMUNITIES IRRIGATION SYSTEM, SUPPORTED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR 60 STUDENTS FOR 4 WEEKS, IMPROVEMENTS TO A SOCCER STADIUM, PAINTED A MURAL, PAINTED A SCHOOL BUILDING, IMPROVEMENTS TO A COMMUNITY CENTER, REFORESTATION WITH 162 TREEES AT A METEOROLOGICAL STATION.
TANDANA PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 101 RURAL ECUADORIAN STUDENTS, WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO ATTEND SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND FOR 21 RURAL ECUADORIAN STUDENTS TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY. WE PROVIDED BOOKS, SUPPLIES, UNIFORMS, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, AND OTHER FEES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Anna Taft | FOUNDING DIR | 40 | $23,660 |
| Ashok Varma | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Jill Rogers Spiker | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Lindsey Oswald Smith | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Rick O'Hara | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Napier | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Beau Lefler | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Tony Huckeby | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Ken Gates | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Duval | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Alta Beasley | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Glaubitz | TREASURER | 10 | $0 |
| Joyce Johnson | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Hope Taft | PRESIDENT | 10 | $0 |
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