Saturday, October 25th, 2014
Peace Works Travel student travelers meet Kim Phuc
Peace Works Travel student travelers share how meeting Kim Phuc made their educational trip to Vietnam a life-changing experience. (Fox News misspelling below). See the video clip here: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/clip/10757427/Nepalm-girl-reunion [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,free travel for teachers,Global Community,Global Education,Kim Phúc,Kim Phúc Vietnam War Survivor,Peace Works Travel,Vietnam Student Trips,Vietnam War
Friday, July 25th, 2014
MAG - Focus on Vietnam
For 25 years, MAG has been working to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance and, for 15 of those years, we have been in Vietnam. As a result, we have staff there who have spent their careers with MAG, working to make their country a safer place. Most of the stories in this newsletter are written directly by those staff, so you… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful,Vietnam War
Thursday, July 24th, 2014
MAG - Focus on Vietnam
Two more children die 40 years later I have worked for seven years for MAG in Quang Binh as a Community Liaison Officer, and have heard about so many accidents in the poor villages: two 14-year-old boys, one killed and one badly injured when they set off a submunition in the schoolyard; a man, who is still suffering from the… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Vietnam War
Monday, July 07th, 2014
U.S.-Cuban Relations on Higher Ed Level Continue to Grow
Something historic happened last January at Miami-Dade College. At a community college that stands as one of the nation’s largest institutions of higher education with approximately 170,000 students spread across seven campuses, 15 foreign exchange students from Cuba arrived at the school for a semester of study. Despite the trade embargo and the lack of formal diplomatic ties between the… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,education travel tours,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education
Sunday, July 06th, 2014
On Being Gay, And Socialist, In Cuba Today
by JASMINE GARSD June 26, 2014 3:46 PM ET It was very late at night the last time Isbel Diaz Torres and his boyfriend were stopped by Cuban police. "They asked for our IDs, which is a rare procedure," Diaz recalls. The policeman then dropped the men's IDs on the floor. " 'That's very funny for you, a… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips