International Programs
In addition to Touchstones’ work in the United States, Touchstones also works with many public and private enterprises around the world.
 In August 2008, Touchstones launched a three-year project with the Tanzanian CEO Roundtable and Tanzanian government to address the historical barriers existing between the private and public sector leaders.
Testimony of a Participant by George Yambesi, Permanent Secretary, Office of the President, United Republic of Tanzania.
Read more about our efforts in Tanzania here.
To view Resources for EPSL Particpants, click here.
 In Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, The Diplomatic School in Yangon uses Touchstones materials with high school and university students as a central part of their efforts to create a community of active and engaged learners. Read this excerpt from Jim Guyot (Writings 2009), who with his wife Dotty, is instrumental in bringing innovative educational pedagogy to Myanmar. The Guangdong Foreign Languages Institute in Guangzhou, China and Yale Universtiy in Asia use Touchstones materials to help future teachers use spoken English. In South Africa, Touchstones is used by students involved in the South African Education and Environment Project’s educational programs. For students who are not native speakers of English, Touchstones provides the added benefit of regular practice using English to express their opinions.  In the mid-1990s, Touchstones partnered in Haiti with Haitian-based Fondasyon Limye Lavi to develop academic programs for conventional primary schools as well as adult literacy programs and community-based initiatives. Touchstones materials have been translated into Haitian Creole and are known under the title Wonn Refleksyon (Circles of Reflection). Our materials are also used in the Circles of Change project within the Beyond Borders program, which in 2009 received acclaim by WorldBlu, whose mission is “to acknowledge the most successful organizations in the world that are choosing to operate, not using the traditional, command and control model of business, but a democratic model based freedom and possibility for its use of democratic model based freedom and possibility.”
Read more about our work in Haiti.
Touchstones is deeply saddened by the devastating circumstances that the Haitian people face after the recent earthquake. We are relieved to have heard from one of our long-time partners that he is safe, but we understand the situation remains chaotic and changeable. Our thoughts go out to the Haitian people now and in the months to come. You may read reports here from one of our colleagues who lives and works near Port-au-Prince.
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