Tuesday, December 09th, 2014
Vietnam Welcomes America with Open Arms
By Llewellyn King No grunt slogging through the jungles of Vietnam could imagine that in 2014, 41 years after the end of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese would be welcoming back Americans as investors, tourists, advisers and protectors. Next year is a big year in Vietnam. It is the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, on April 30, 1975.… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Vietnam Student Trips,Vietnam War
Monday, November 17th, 2014
A Cuban Brain Drain, Courtesy of the U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry and the American ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, have praised the work of Cuban doctors dispatched to treat Ebola patients in West Africa. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently sent an official to a regional meeting the Cuban government convened in Havana to coordinate efforts to fight the disease. In Africa,… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,education travel tours,educational field trips,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips
Friday, November 14th, 2014
President Obama fostering human rights and partnership with Myanmar
Obama meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi at home where she was kept under arrest. Image: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 15 hours ago President Barack Obama gave a blunt assessment Friday of the need for further reform in Myanmar's move toward democracy, weighing into sensitive controversies over… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,education travel tours,educational field trips,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Myanmar News,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Political Thoughts,Power to the Peaceful
Thursday, October 09th, 2014
An American Girl in Cuba
Lili Boyle 16-year-old from Pacific Palisades, CA Posted: 02/08/2012 8:24 am EST Updated: 04/09/2012 5:12 am EDT Simply put, I love Cuba. No, I am not a communist or a socialist, and I have nothing but love for my country, America. But my biased perceptions of Cuba were broken when I got the chance to explore Cuba and immerse myself… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Power to the Peaceful,Student Community Service,Student travelers
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