Wednesday, April 08th, 2015
Funding Boost for Cambodia’s Hero Mine-Detecting Rats NGO
BY SIMON HENDERSON | MARCH 17, 2014 The Belgian demining NGO APOPO, which is pioneering the use of mine-detecting rats in the former battlefields of Cambodia, has received funding from the German government to expand its mine-clearance work in the country. In November, the government gave the green light for APOPO to begin testing highly skilled African Giant Pouched Rats—nicknamed… [Read Full Article]Cambodia Student Trips,Education Travel,education travel programs,education travel tours,educational field trips,Educational travel programs,free travel for teachers,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips
Thursday, March 12th, 2015
The Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War
Fifty years after the first US troops came ashore at Da Nang, the Vietnamese are still coping with unexploded bombs and Agent Orange. George Black February 25, 2015 | This article appeared in the March 16, 2015 edition of The Nation. On a mild, sunny morning last November, Chuck Searcy and I drove out along a spur of the old… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,education travel tours,educational field trips,Educational travel programs,free travel for teachers,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Power to the Peaceful,Vietnam Student Trips,Vietnam War,War
Tuesday, December 23th, 2014
As Obama makes history over Cuba, will the Castros be the real winners?
After 50 years of fractious hostility, America has thrown a dramatic lifeline to the island’s bankrupt economy To the astonishment of even the most seasoned and wired-in of Cuba hands, the half century-long cold (and hot) war between the US and Cuba is over. In what will rank alongside Nixon’s opening to China and Reagan’s embrace of Gorbachev, Obama… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel tours,Educational travel programs,free travel for teachers,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Power to the Peaceful
Thursday, November 13th, 2014
Learning Through Travel
Experiential Programs Go Deep Thursday, November 13, 2014 by TYLER HAYDEN There’s more to learning than the box of the classroom and the tedium of textbooks, and when students and teachers escape outside, horizons are inevitably broadened. While Santa Barbara schools have long scheduled field trips to Yosemite, Space Camp, and Washington, D.C. — tried-and-true excursions… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,education travel tours,educational field trips,Educational travel programs,free travel for teachers,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful,Student travelers
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