Dennis celebrating with Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation recipient.
About D&D Educational Foundation
Our Mission
D&D Educational Foundation is dedicated to finding and supporting local and indigenous individuals or organization that are serving disadvantaged and needy children in their community.
Dennis Buschman
Rotarian Dennis L Buschman MD grew up in the Belgian Congo as a missionary kid, and, because of his passion for Africa, started education projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Two grants were funded for education in the DRC, DCG 52, 2015-16 and DCG 06, 2016-17.
However, due to the danger of working in the DRC, i.e. two bodies of United Nation peacekeeper were found in shallow graves 80 miles from the location we were working in and because Rotary has a travel ban for the DRC, and several additional factors, we decided not to continue working in the DRC, and search for a safer location.
He has a passion for returning to help children in Africa. He is a member of Rotary International (Rotary Club Gig Harbor, District 5020). He has completed 12 District grants and a Rotary Global Grant providing educational supplies to Africa. Find out more about the RACHEL Project here: https://worldpossible.org
D&D Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
Delia with some Locals
Delia Buschman
Delia S. Buschman, age 74, passed away quietly on July 31, 2024.
Family and friends surrounded her at the time of passing.
Delia was born on April 29, 1950, in Santa Barbara, Philippine
Islands.
She attended Matic-Matic High School in Santa Barbara,
Philippine Islands, and completed two years of college in the
Philippines.
Delia married Dennis Buschman on September 22, 2003, and retired
after marriage. She has twelve (12) grandkids, with many nieces
and nephews adopted as grandkids.
She lived a very active life. She and her husband, Dennis,
circumnavigated Vancouver Island in their 48-foot sailboat. They
sailed this sailboat from the Salish Sea to the Sea of Cortex
and spent six winters sailing the Sea of Cortex. They were able
to raft down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. They
climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. They had multiple trips to Africa and
the Philippines. They visited South America, Antarctica, and
visited Alaska several times.
Delia had a generous spirit and a kind heart. She provided
educational support to 15 children in the Philippines, and her
work in the Philippines will continue. She traveled with Dennis
to Africa on multiple occasions to help him provide educational
support to needy communities.
Heidi visiting the Noordhoff Craniofacial Hospital in Manila, Philippines
Heidi Flaming-Buschman
Volunteer Executive Director D&D Educational Foundation
Looking to the long-term sustainability of D&D Educational Foundation, the Board of Directors decided to appoint Heidi Flaming-Buschman Volunteer Executive Director of D&D Educational Foundation in June 2025.
Dennis’s son, Monte, and Heidi celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary in April 2025. They have two adult daughters.
Heidi earned her Masters in Teaching Chemistry in 2017 while teaching all of the secondary science classes at a small Christian school in Phoenix, AZ. She has since retired from teaching full-time—moonlighting as an adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University and substitute teaching in her former position as needed.
When not teaching, Heidi loves spending the summer on her sailboat located in Puget Sound Washington. During the winter months, while in Phoenix, she experiments with gardening and crocheting. Both locations accommodate her love of reading and spending time outside.
