Sunday, June 08th, 2014
Bill Clinton says travel industry is "good for the earth, the children, and the future"
The travel industry has the potential—and the responsibility—to spread peace and change the world, former US President Bill Clinton told a high-profile audience of travel executives.Speaking at the World Travel & Tourism Council's 13th annual Global Summit in Abu Dhabi, he challenged travel leaders to assume a renewed sense of responsibility."I spent a lot of time when I was president,… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Power to the Peaceful
Tuesday, June 03th, 2014
Arn Chorn Pond - Everyone has a Story
Most of Arn Chorn's family was killed during the Cambodian genocide. At age ten he had slaved in a work camp, witnessing wide-scale starvation and murder. When the North Vietnamese invaded Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge forced him to become a soldier until he escaped on foot through the jungle in Thailand.Watch the video here. [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful
Thursday, May 01th, 2014
Have they healed yet? Western dreams about Rwanda
Shattered societies cannot be mended with pills or analysis or technology or foreign aid. Our need to hear that Rwanda is ‘healing’ tells us more about ourselves than it does about Rwanda.Rwandan genocide survivors listen to the testimony of a fellow survivor in Kigali. Credit: Melissa Musgrove/www.melissamusgrove.com. All rights reserved.For the last ten years I have been involved in development projects… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful
Wednesday, April 09th, 2014
Mira Costa School - Seeds of Change
by Derek Russell on April 8, 2014 in Letters From CambodiaOutside of the busy, jam-packed streets of Phnom Phen lays the Montessori school which we visited today. The owner of the schools also operates the guest house that we’re staying at in order to raise funds in her quest to education the children of Cambodia. The Montessori is made to be self-sustaining, using left over… [Read Full Article]Cambodia Student Trips,Education Travel,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Mira Costa Cambodia 2014,Peace Works Travel,Student Community Service
Wednesday, April 09th, 2014
Mira Costa School - A High School of Horrors
A High School of Horrorsby Scott Schaffer on April 8, 2014 in Letters From CambodiaOver the blaring sounds of a busy city street, the soft mellow tone of a slow afternoon breeze moving through the dark building’s halls can be heard as white pedals fall off the courtyard’s trees. This place is Tuol Sleng, otherwise known as S-21, this place is a former high school… [Read Full Article]Cambodia Student Trips,Education Travel,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Mira Costa Cambodia 2014,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful