Yesterday I went by tuk tuk to Wat Opot Children’s Community to visit the staff and children and get another fix at one of the world’s most magical places. I will never know how, in a nation so impoverished and challenged, anyone was able to create a place with so few resources, rising from the … More Fifty at Wat Opot and One Who is Not
An American friend who worked in Hollywood for years tells some incredible stories about the perils of celebrity. Fame and money can play havoc with the human spirit as much as neglect and destitution can. We all develop behaviours matching what we have learned to believe about ourselves. In destitution, behaviours relate to excessively low … More Ambiguous Expectations
Although it’s exhausting, the best times in my week are spent teaching English to a group of 15 children. This takes place at a home for HIV+ children which was established by local colleagues who worked in the medical field with families of the children, the parents of whom have either died or are not … More Notes on Voluntourism
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