The Pari Project, an organization based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia that is working to foster a movement to increase the capacity of humanitarian organizations in Asia and Africa, proposed a wonderful idea to me: They want to share their lessons too. Rather than create a new blog, the Pari team will post the lessons they [...]
Yes, somehow my blog has become an orphanage/orphanage tourism discussion platform for the time being…. so be it! I recently met a video editor named Regina who had also been living in Siem Reap, Cambodia. As she was starting a video education program for youth in the area, she became aware of the problems of [...]
I know that I started this blog intending for it to be separate from PEPY, but since my life and PEPY are intertwined, that is sometimes impossible! Here is a letter I recently wrote to many of PEPY’s supporters which I thought I would share: —- Hi PEPY Family – I am writing today to [...]
I am looking forward to the day that the BBC and all of the world’s networks are featuring Cambodia for a very positive story. Yesterday’s tragedy, a human stampede which left around 350 people dead in the nation’s capital, is yet another heart-breaking story from this place I have been living in and learning about [...]
On October 21st Wild Asia held its annual Responsible Tourism Awards ceremony at the International Travel Bureau conference in Singapore. PEPY Tours, a finalist for the RT award, was invited to speak to an audience of peers—that is, folks in the tourism industry who likewise work in the growing field of RT. The PEPY Tours [...]
Guilt. . . it sounds like such a bad word. But maybe we should start to look at it a little more lovingly. It’s our morals, our values, and our hopes for the future rising up within us to remind us what we believe in. HOW we present those beliefs, and our ability to express [...]
Less than two weeks ago, the day after I landed in the US for a month-long trip of meetings/fundraising/family, I got a call from our staff in the Siem Reap office. They wanted to know if it was ok for them to pursue a new idea they had come up with which they were calling [...]