Miami Presents: A Relational Approach to Community Development - Experiences in Ecuador and Mali

Join us for a special event as we present a hybrid version of the Grayson Kirk Distinguished Lecture: A Relational Approach to Community Development: Experiences in
Ecuador and Mali talk.

The Department of Global and Intercultural Studies invites you to attend, A Relational Approach to Community Development: Experiences in Ecuador and Mali. This talk will focus on the Tandana Foundation’s relational approach to community development in Ecuador and Mali. Anna Taft, Director of Tandana will provide a history of the foundation and brief overview of their work. Community representatives from both countries will discuss the impact of the initiatives in their home communities. A reception will follow.

About The Tandana Foundation

The Tandana Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports intercultural volunteer experiences and community initiatives in Ecuador's Otavalo Canton and Mali's Bandiagara District. Community initiatives include, but are not limited to, education, health, food security, water resources, environmental conservation, and income generation. The focus of the Tandana Foundation is not about imposing a developmental worldview; instead, the community's voice is its most significant concern. The primary goal is to bring these initiatives to life while creating responsible relationships among people of different cultures via volunteering and development
initiatives.

Materials to share with students:

For more details about the foundation's initiatives and the impact it has had, please visit its website and YouTube channel. There, you can gain a deeper understanding of how the Tandana Foundation is driving positive transformations in rural Mali and Ecuador.

Short reading from The Ohio Capital Journal, “Hope and Anna Taft and the legacy of the Tandana Foundation”

The Tandana Foundation.mp4 Created by Cherry Padungpan