Peace Works Travel Blog

Wednesday, March 20th, 2019

Packer Collegiate Institute: Digital Storytelling - Cambodia 2019

Day One - Finally! We have arrived! We started off our day pretty early at 7:00 AM with a nice breakfast of cassava bread and instant ramen. We then had a fairly short introductory lesson in Khmer where we learned how to say hello, goodbye, how are you, I’m fine and thank you. After the Khmer lesson, we got into… [Read Full Article]
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019

Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges on the 2019 Westridge Border Trip

Westridge students write messages of hope and peace in chalk on the border wall. Abby Y. '20 On February 17th, the front page of the New York Times featured an article about Central American migrants’ current status at the border; the previous evening, eight other Westridge students and I gathered around a dinner table in Tijuana to listen to a member of… [Read Full Article]