The US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, through its Cultural Programs Division, sponsored Robert Bangiola's six-week stay with TARA as a Cultural Envoy. With an emphasis on international cultural exchange, the Cultural Programs Division supports the arts and humanities in the US and around the world by regularly offering grants to US non-profit organisations and to individual
Cultural representatives. Robert, an arts manager from New York City, participated in a number of TARA activities and provided valuable advice to the organisation on how to generate and manage earned income-a key to TARA's sustainability.
