Voluntouring in Mae Sot: A Little Ice Cream Goes A Long Way

I hope you all enjoyed last week’s video and photo update. Here’s more: There are forty-one children at Future Light Children’s Home. We spent the morning playing games and doing art activities. The kids never grew tired of running around or hanging out with their new friends from Bangkok. Had any of them truly been [...]

Continue reading...

Photo Update: Visiting Future Light Children’s Home

Here's a video and some of the best photos from last weekend's trip to visit Future Light Children's Home in Mae Sot, Thailand.

Continue reading...

I Own Bangkok

I own Bangkok. I own Bangkok. Keep repeating that, replacing Bangkok with the community you live in. I own [ _____ ]. I’ve renewed my perspective on ownership after hanging out at and visiting so many orphanages. Do you know what little you can claim as your own when you have thirty brothers and sisters? [...]

Continue reading...

BIG Thanks

I’ve been consumed the last few weeks with hosting the Bangkok Twestival celebration (see Twestival, Fusing Social Media With Global Change for more on this event). Feels great to raise money for charity in conjuction with so many other cities around the world, but YES–it was exhausting. Here’s a special thank you from Baan Dada [...]

Continue reading...

Creating Pathways for Volunteers In Bangkok

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, [...]

Continue reading...

Touching Down & Touching Hearts

In 7 Steps to a More Rewarding Vacation I discussed getting off the beaten path and giving back. Well, there’s still so much to tell about the special time I had putting these steps to action in Bali, Indonesia. Of course I wasn’t alone, Mark Wiens of Migrationology.com joined me and took the lead composing [...]

Continue reading...

One Thing Leads to Another

Here’s an update from Marc Gold on his recent endeavors abroad. Marc is the founder of 100 Friends. Bangkok is his home when he’s not fundraising or on one of his missions. This is the story of his last trip to Nepal. Quite by accident, I found out about an orphanage, Jeewan Uttan, with twenty-six [...]

Continue reading...