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Donating Clothes and Used Goods in Bangkok
Hey everywhere I’ve enjoyed a few days off this month from our teaching project, but things are getting cranked up again soon. It’s been a tough time lately, especially for the refugee families we’ve been helping because of increased pressure to have them arrested and detained. Here’s a quick note about an opportunity in Bangkok [...]
Continue reading...Pimp My Wheelchair
27 August 2010
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Thanks for your responses to Hospital Woes about my girls that have been in the hospital. I’ve still been visiting with Usna and she’s coming along in her recovery. But some of the challenges those with limited mobility must overcame daily have been on my mind lately. So today’s update is just to share this [...]
Continue reading...Microfinance Helping Women in Bangkok Step Ahead of Poverty
19 August 2010
This week I’m happy to share a guest post from Marisa Deyoung, who volunteers for Step Ahead, an organization mentoring micro-entrepreneurs in Bangkok’s largest slum community, Klong Toey. Serving with Step Ahead in Thailand and previously in Northeast India has helped put a face and family to poverty for me. These experiences have also helped [...]
Continue reading...What is Sanuk? Answers from Volunteers and Supporters
27 April 2010
Thanks for your responses on National Volunteer Week. Especially to Charlotte who wrote to say that in addition to her regular volunteering gig, she went to the Bangkok airport with supplies and toys for people who had been stranded by flight cancellations in Europe. There are more people out there like Charlotte who are doing [...]
Continue reading...Refueling in Atlanta During National Volunteer Week
21 April 2010
Happy National Volunteer Week to everyone reading from the US. I wish I could brag that I planned it this way, but I couldn’t have picked a more exciting time to visit home. I soaked everything in a few weeks ago when many of the country’s inspirational and nerdy do-gooders descended on Atlanta for the [...]
Continue reading...Answers to All Your Questions on Volunteering Abroad
15 April 2010
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People always send me questions about volunteering abroad. In addition to telling them about what we’re doing in Bangkok, I stress two points: 1) Be Prepared by educating yourself about what you’re getting into and 2) Get Connected with people who have been to the places you’re going or are doing what you want to do. That’s [...]
Continue reading...The Best Way to Go to Jail in Thailand
16 March 2010
In the post about my top volunteering picks in Bangkok, I first mentioned visiting Bangkok’s Immigration Detention Center. Here are more details about how doing good may even lead you to go to jail in Thailand. The waiting room is full and tense. There is a mixture or people from all backgrounds, packed together in [...]
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26 October 2010
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