• About
  • Pedagogy
  • Blogs
    India 2026: YatraIndia 2025: ShunyataIndia 2024: DrishtikonIndia 2023: SambandhIndia 2021: AshakiranIndia 2019: MaitriIndia 2017: KarunaIndia 2015: MuditaaIndia 2013: BodhicittaIndia 2011: Vidya DharmaIndia 2007: Project HappinessSouth Africa 2019: Umbono ProjectSouth Africa 2017: Ubunye ProjectSouth Africa 2015: Uxhumano ProjectSouth Africa 2013: Ngikhona ProjectSouth Africa 2011: Sawubona ProjectSouth Africa 2009: UbuntuWashington, DC 2025Washington, DC 2024Washington, DC 2023Washington, DC 2022Washington, DC 2020Washington, DC 2018Washington, DC 2016Washington, DC 2014Washington, DC 2012Washington, DC 2010Washington, DC 2008Chautauqua/Samvaad
  • Media Library
  • About
  • Pedagogy
  • Blogs
    India 2026: YatraIndia 2025: ShunyataIndia 2024: DrishtikonIndia 2023: SambandhIndia 2021: AshakiranIndia 2019: MaitriIndia 2017: KarunaIndia 2015: MuditaaIndia 2013: BodhicittaIndia 2011: Vidya DharmaIndia 2007: Project HappinessSouth Africa 2019: Umbono ProjectSouth Africa 2017: Ubunye ProjectSouth Africa 2015: Uxhumano ProjectSouth Africa 2013: Ngikhona ProjectSouth Africa 2011: Sawubona ProjectSouth Africa 2009: UbuntuWashington, DC 2025Washington, DC 2024Washington, DC 2023Washington, DC 2022Washington, DC 2020Washington, DC 2018Washington, DC 2016Washington, DC 2014Washington, DC 2012Washington, DC 2010Washington, DC 2008Chautauqua/Samvaad
  • Media Library
  • About The Ubuntu Project 2009

    The Ubuntu Project occured in 2009 as part of the Values in World Thought Program and took juniors and seniors on the school's first trip to South Africa.

    The African phrase Ubuntu in its essence means “I am because you are,” or stated another way “I am a human being through you.” It is a statement of interdependence and interconnectedness. It also calls us into of our highest human attributes such as sharing, empathy, respect and compassion.

    The initial inspiration to take a group of high school Juniors and Seniors on this ambitious journey to an unfamiliar part for the world was the opportunity to meet and speak with one of the great men of out times, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Tutu was a hero of the bitter struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Even more importantly, Tutu was a healer of a divided culture as a major exponent of the “Truth and Reconciliation Councils” that put victim and victimizer together to remember their humanity and connectedness in order to forgive and move on.

  • Blogs

    • India 2007: Project Happiness
    • India 2011: Vidya Dharma
    • India 2013: Bodhicitta
    • India 2015: Muditaa
    • South Africa 2009: Ubuntu
    • South Africa 2011: Sawubona Project
    • South Africa 2013: Ngikhona Project
    • South Africa 2015: Uxhumano Project
    • Washington, DC 2006
    • Washington, DC 2008
    • Washington, DC 2010
    • Washington, DC 2012
    • Washington, DC 2014
    • Washington, DC 2016
    • Chautauqua 2010
    • Chautauqua 2011
    • Chautauqua 2012
    • Chautauqua 2013
    • Chautauqua 2014
    • Chautauqua
    • India 2017: Karuna
    • South Africa 2017: Ubunye Project
    • Washington, DC 2018
    • India 2019: Maitri
    • South Africa 2019: Umbono Project
    • Washington, DC 2020
    • India 2021: Ashakiran
    • Washington, DC 2022
    • India 2023: Sambandh
    • Washington, DC 2023
    • India 2024: Drishtikon
    • Washington, DC 2024
    • India 2025: Shunyata
    • Washington, DC 2025
    • India 2026: Yatra

Video: Interview with Desmond Tutu 2009

Posted: June 30, 2009 | No Comments |
Categories:
  • South Africa 2009: Ubuntu

The video of our interview with Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 2009 as part of the Ubuntu Project.

Recent Posts

  • Introduction to Yatra Project Jan 16, 2026 @ 12:41
  • Closer to Truth: African American History Tour Apr 19, 2025 @ 7:44
  • The Trees You Plant Will Shade The Future Apr 19, 2025 @ 7:32
  • Connectedness is Everything Apr 18, 2025 @ 6:33
Values in World Thought
A Mount Madonna School Program

For more information about the school, please visit: http://mountmadonnaschool.org

Friends & Partners
  • Botshibelo Children's AIDS Village
  • Creative Minds Academy: Nigeria
  • Heritage School: India
  • LEAP School: South Africa
  • Mount Madonna School
  • Pardada Pardadi Educational Society
  • Philani Child Nutrition Project
  • Project Happiness
  • Sri Ram Ashram
  • The Dalai Lama Foundation
  • Tibetan Nun's Project
Get In Touch
  • Youtube
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Instagram

© 2026 Values in World Thought

A Mount Madonna School Program
Web Design & Development by Pomo.Design