New Saturday School Program at KIS International

Today was the first day of our new volunteering project with high school students from KIS International School.

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Sanuk Scholarship Recipients Finish Their Classes

Our kids from the slum have finished their classes.

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Binding Power: Volunteers Bring Us Small Steps Closer to Sustainability

In the last update I mentioned the desire to create some income generating project to help support the families and over the past few weeks, a small group of determined volunteers has been forming to make sure this project comes to fruition.

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An Unlikely Introduction to Asylum Seeking

Last week I started explaining the background on the families in need that we’ve been helping. I’m writing today’s update while sitting on a family’s floor in jeans, flip-flops, and a Beer Lao t-shirt to tell you more about what we’re doing. I’m thinking of how exactly to explain how I got here. The easiest [...]

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Healthier Families Still in Need

I got a donation this week after soliciting help for my families on twitter. The $60 is about the cost of rent for the family I happened to be visiting while sending updates. This particular family is one of three with women who have been effectively widowed to Bangkok’s immigration jail (where I’m not really [...]

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Momentum to Provide More Scholarships for Kids in the Slum

I hope enjoyed the pictures and video from our graduation in the last post. This week we feel like proud parents as our scholarship kids get ready to begin their classes this weekend. The girls are excited and we’re anxious to get them going. In general, the parents and the communities have been supportive of [...]

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What is the Worth of Two Hours?

Today I’m proud to share a guest post from a new friend Pam, who chronicles her travels on her website, Spunky Girl Monologues. Pam has gone out of her way to get involved in the short time she had to spend in Bangkok (read about her first encounter with urban refugees here). Here’s what she [...]

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