Photo Update: Visiting Future Light Children’s Home

Dwight Turner — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:34:54 +0000

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.

(Click here if the video does not appear.)

As you can guess, we’re still recovering some from the action packed days in Mae Sot. I’ll share more about the trip and what we’re doing to help the orphanage next week. This weekend we hope to get back on schedule teaching in Bangkok’s slums and reviving our group of volunters. Enjoy your weekend whereever you are and help us share what we’ve been busy doing by forwarding the photos and videos to friends and family. Thanks.

-Dwight

“Dream big, work smart, start local.”

Paper Dreams

Dwight Turner — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:21:56 +0000

Still don’t believe you have what it takes to create change? Well to help quench the doubt, see if you can track the evolution of one volunteer’s belief she could contribute.

The Question: What would happen if you gave kids living in poverty the ability to blog to the world? That’s exactly what Kristina Rosinsky wondered while she volunteered for the Undugu Society of Kenya, hearing the stories of her new Kenyan friends firsthand. (The Undugu Society is doing other great things to empower Nairobi’s communities, so take a minute and look around their website.)

The Belief: If people weren’t ignorant to what life was like for poor Kenyans they’d do something to help change it. Kristina began the Digital Storytelling Project, teaching youth to manage wordpress blogs and take photographs of their lives. She was successful and you can get the links to all the student’s blogs here.

The Growth: Returning home meant the work was just beginning. Now Kristina is back in DC and was recently recognized by The People’s Voice for her work simulating inner city Kenyan life with students in DC. Click here to go to the article.

So it was even pretty easy to track down Kristina’s predeparture plan on youtube. Look back at her paper thoughts and find some inspiration. Be confident that paper dreams can materialize.

“Stop doubting and take out some paper.”