Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
Photos from Rwanda
Milo and Noah help serve lunch at Aspire.Mike, kids and bubbles.Paul hugs a survivor.Justin Carr would be proud.Lauren gets cornrows.Sampson goes native.Katherine and Noah's new friends.African Dance Class.Su Jin, Lauren and Sampson the brave.Imani plays paddy-cake with a local girl.Happy teachers! Cheri Gaulke and Alethea Tyner Paradis [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,Educational travel programs,Harvard Westlake Rwanda 2014,Peace Works Travel
Thursday, December 26th, 2013
The perfect trip: Cambodia
Phnom Penh. The Royal Palace (Mark Read)Click on photo to see additional photos.Marvel at the palaces, markets and bars of the capital, Phnom Penh, before heading north to Siem Reap for excursions to a floating village on Tonlé Sap Lake and the extravagant, inspirational temples of Angkor. From there, it is south to the untouched jungles of the Cardamom Mountains,… [Read Full Article]Cambodia Student Trips,education travel programs,education travel tours,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel
Monday, December 09th, 2013
All Kidding Aside, A Great Teacher
Francis Parker group visiting Sapa in the northern part of Vietnam, Spring 2012 in front of their home stay accommodations with their host (front middle)Eric Taylor, a History teacher at Francis Parker School in San Diego talks about the importance of travelling abroad. He describes travelling with students as an educational tool that is necessary for human development. It adds… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,education travel tours,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel
Sunday, November 24th, 2013
12 reasons it's better to travel in a group
‘GROUP TRAVEL’ has become a byword for the lazy, frightened, and inexperienced traveler. It conjures the stereotype of a ‘packaged’ experience — a commodity — letting tourists off the hook from the ‘burden’ of independent travel.For a long time I was an independent travel snob. A lone wolf, a headstrong, know-it-all, adventure-and-backstreet addict, who could think of nothing worse than arriving… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,education travel tours,educational field trips,Educational travel programs,Peace Works Travel
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Paul Rusesabagina, Rwanda's hotel hero
In preparation for our Investigative Journalism Rwanda Trip with Harvard-Westlake School and ABC News, Peace Works Travel brings Paul Rusesabagina to California to meet students and tell his story. Recall that Paul is the Hotel Rwanda hero who saved over 1200 people from slaughter during the genocide. Celebrated Los Angeles Times journalist Patt Morrison interviews Paul in the Op-Ed section today.In April 1994,… [Read Full Article]education travel programs,education travel tours,educational field trips,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful