Wednesday, April 08th, 2015
A Reason to Smile
Today marks the 21st anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide. Joy Watson travelled with Network for Africa founder Rebecca Tinsley and others to Rwanda in March. Today, on the 21st anniversary of the start of the genocide, we share her impressions of Rwanda. “The land of a thousand hills and a million smiles” declares the large billboard… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Student Community Service,Student Spring break program
Tuesday, December 02th, 2014
Traveling Teaches Students in a Way Schools Can't
American education is largely limited to lessons about the West. AMANDA MACHADO DEC 1 2014, 9:00 AM ET When I turned 15, my parents sent me alone on a one-month trip to Ecuador, the country where my father was born. This was tradition in our family—for my parents to send their first-generation American kids to the country of their… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,education travel tours,educational field trips,Educational travel programs,Global Education,International student volunteer program,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Student Community Service,Student travelers
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
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
Sunday, April 06th, 2014
Mira Costa School - Cambodia 2014 Pictures
The group is now exploring in Siem Reap, Cambodia. I received these photos from Alethea this morning.Funerary Stupa at the Killing Fields (above and below)Killing FieldsMax and Tyler help clean up after lunch.Students mixing cement for Montessori school project.Montessori school at Tonle Bati(above and below)Children of Montessori School(above and below)Children of Tonle BatiFeeding the fish in Siem ReapBaby Tilapia and… [Read Full Article]Cambodia Student Trips,Education Travel,Global Community,Global Education,Mira Costa Cambodia 2014,Peace Works Travel,Student Community Service,Student Spring break program