Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Santa Barbara Middle School - Arrived Safely

From Kelly SB Friends and Fam,We are currently relaxing in our air conditioned hotel room at the Palace Hotel in Saigon, with the colored lights of billboards and honking city traffic creeping in from the busy streets below.  We have spent the past 30 hours traveling, sightseeing, and getting acquainted with Ho Chi Minh City on our first LONG day of… [Read Full Article]

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Santa Barbara Schools - Mekong Delta

Team Building & Fun on the Mekong DeltaBy BeaToday, all of the girls went out early to begin what would be everyone's first time washing their nasty clothes...the Vietnamese way.  The girls went first.Step 1: Throw all your revolting, sweat-ridden clothes into a big bowl and make detergent rain on it, while adding water.Step 2:  Mush around your clothes with your… [Read Full Article]

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Santa Barbara School - A Day on the Mekong

A Day In Pictures [Read Full Article]

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

Why Students Need to Learn about the Vietnam War

Fred Branfman, author of a number of books about the Indochina War is our featured guest blogger. Working as the Director of Project Air War in 1969 he wrote about the U.S. bombing in Indochina, which he claimed was directed at civilians.Fred BranfmanBranfman, an American teacher who exposed the secret war to the U.S. Congress and helped stop the bombings… [Read Full Article]

Monday, November 26th, 2012

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” –- Henry Miller.Why do I want to travel with Peace Works Travel again? Because it is so much more than just a vacation. It is more than a cultural immersion, it’s more than a simple education or community service. Their program is an intense-insider’s experience; creating relationships… [Read Full Article]