{"id":202,"date":"2010-12-14T05:06:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T13:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2025-08-25T07:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:34:07","slug":"vocation-vacation-think-tank-thuto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/1st-21st-century-church\/over-the-years\/vocation-vacation\/vocation-vacation-think-tank-thuto\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Tank Thuto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TTT-Friendship-Flags-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/TTT-Friendship-Flags-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"TTT Friendship Flags Logo\" width=\"502\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Think Tank Thuto, founded by Annelize Bester in 2005, is an international education committee dedicated to defining quality 21st-century education for Africa through The Anglican International Schools of Botswana, Africa (TAISBA). The initiative envisions a sustainable, eco-friendly Anglican boarding school in Mathangwane, Botswana, serving children from diverse economic, religious, and national backgrounds. Collaborating with partners like ARUP, it develops an integrated eco-village master plan balancing economy, society, culture, and the environment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;So Far, So Good&quot;\" width=\"581\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6jwTQMLmzI?list=PL00083724CCF8E8AF\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">William G. Swanson supported this vision by presenting information on Bester\u2019s behalf at the 76th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Anaheim, California, in 2009, following a 2008 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V6jwTQMLmzI\">dinner<\/a> with Bishop Musonda Trevor Mwamba at the Lambeth Conference. Additionally, Bester exhibited her materials at the Katrina\u2019s Dream booth during the 77th General Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana, furthering the initiative\u2019s outreach.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Rooted in the Setswana word \u201cThuto,\u201d meaning \u201ceducation\u201d or \u201clearning,\u201d the program aligns with Katrina\u2019s Dream\u2019s mission of social justice and global education advocacy. on behalf of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinktankthuto.org\/\">Think Tank Thuto<\/a> a long-term vision and dream of that will benefit Africa\u00a6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think Tank Thuto, founded by Annelize Bester in 2005, is an international education committee dedicated to defining quality 21st-century education for Africa through The Anglican International Schools of Botswana, Africa (TAISBA). The initiative envisions a sustainable, eco-friendly Anglican boarding school in Mathangwane, Botswana, serving children from diverse economic, religious, and national backgrounds. Collaborating with partners&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/1st-21st-century-church\/over-the-years\/vocation-vacation\/vocation-vacation-think-tank-thuto\/\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1069,"parent":200,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-202","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions\/2382"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}