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Because I’m a Girl
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 [...]
Continue reading...Top Picks for Volunteering in Bangkok
4 March 2010
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. [...]
Continue reading...From the Crossroads of Change
27 February 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Locked Out Volunteers [Photo Blog]
18 February 2010
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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 [...]
Continue reading...Big Fish Saturday [Photo Blog]
5 February 2010
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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 [...]
Continue reading...My New Classroom
26 January 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Children’s Day in Thailand & Big Fish
20 January 2010
Every second Saturday in January is Thailand’s Children’s Day. I started the day early by rounding up volunteers and helping take donations (a heap of toys, clothes, and snacks) to the Bangkok School for the Blind. In the photo below you can see that when we combined what we had with all the things other [...]
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9 March 2010
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