Yesterday, March 8th, was International Women’s Day. Many organizations have identified investing in girls as not only key to improving the status of women, but essential to the success in the fight against poverty. Today, I wanted to share this 2 minute video that shares some of the facts revealed in Plan Interntaional’s Because I [...]

Last Saturday our new location really jumped off to a great start. When we get settled in a little more you can expect a more detailed update from Chris. This week I want to tell you about Kirsty (aka Nerdy Nomad) whose hard work to produce an International Volunteering Ebook is in the final stretch. [...]

Tomorrow begins the expansion of the Sanuk My Saturday volunteering project into the Yommarat community. I’m excited, but we have a lot of work ahead of us. Looking for funding to sustain this project has forced me to articulate some of the goals I have. Today I want to share them with you, because you’re [...]

I hope everyone enjoyed Chris’s article on Helping Nu Nu Help the Kids last week. This week I want to share more photos from our Sanuk My Saturday project. These photos are from a Saturday when we had many new volunteers join. Everyone was pumped and eager to meet the kids– just one problem. When [...]

This week, we’re featuring a special post by Chris Castellani. For a while now Chris has has a playing a big role in ISOS as the coordinator of the Sanuk My Saturday program. Expect to hear more from her and enjoy this week as she recounts her journey to the edge of a refugee camp [...]

Here are photos from a recent Sanuk My Saturday where we had all the children and volunteers help us assemble and color Big Fish books (go to the original blog post to see all the photos). Being a Big Fish is similar to being a big brother or sister. I’m excited to share pictures of [...]

Welcome to my new classroom. This is a part of Bangkok called Yommarat. The community stretches along the railroad tracks for 3km or more. Like most of the slums and poor communities in this sprawling city, it’s only minutes from major shopping districts and tourist attractions. Occasionally, you do see a drifting foreigner stand at [...]