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Big Fish Saturday [Photo Blog]

5 February 2010

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Big Fish Saturday [Photo Blog]

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 [...]

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My New Classroom

26 January 2010

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My New Classroom

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 [...]

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Children’s Day in Thailand & Big Fish

20 January 2010

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Children’s Day in Thailand & Big Fish

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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Sanuk My Saturday

5 October 2009

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Sanuk My Saturday

The ISOS English teaching Saturday program (aka Sanuk My Saturday) we began last July in a small slum on the outskirts of Bangkok has really taken off. I haven’t been very detailed in an explanation of what we do, so here’s a look at how we’re building relationships and getting kids excited about learning English [...]

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Twinkle, Twinkle

8 August 2009

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Twinkle, Twinkle

I have been writing a lot lately and if you’re not a member of our facebook group you may not know about all of the activities we’ve been putting together. So I uploaded some pictures my volunteers took on our recent weekend at the Chonburi Children’s Center. Thank you to all the volunteers who planned, [...]

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Creating Pathways for Volunteers In Bangkok

10 July 2009

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We’re mobilizing our community to volunteer. One simple way to do that is to by informing people so they can participate. What pathways exist in your community? Create them or share what’s out there! Often doing something heroic comes with it’s share of obstacles. This is the case when it comes to volunteering in Bangkok, [...]

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