Yesterday I started my journey from Cambodia to Oxford (via family home in NY) and I made a little video and goodbye note for the PEPY site. I thought I would re-post it here (as I sit in transit for a few more hours waiting for my final flight!) —- Today is my last day […]
In many parts of Asia, it’s rude to brag about your kids. Actually, in Cambodia, you can’t even brag about other people’s kids, especially when they are small, as bad spirits might take them away for being too fabulous. But moms…. can you brag about your mom? I guess, with countries that respect age hierarchies, […]
Sorry for the delay in getting this up! I spent last week on a camping training trip with one of our partner organizations and some of our PEPY staff and then the last few days feeling sick and trying to get better! So, better later than never we hope, we are some notes which were […]
Guest Post By Allie Hoffman of The Pari Project The development sector is famous for acronyms and grand plans. William Easterly calls them ‘the Planners’ – those who have fixed, set ideas about what is going to work, and are slow to change course. But he points out that history has shown that it’s the […]
NOTE: If you are going to be in San Francisco on June 11th and you are interested in discussing these topics further, join us! (Scroll to the bottom!) INVESTING TIME IN PEOPLE is the thing I think is missing from a lot of our development/philanthropy/voluntourism and overall GIVING plans. We can always make more money. […]
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 […]