- Website
- http://mundoexchange.org
- Description
- Mundo Exchange is our administrative overseer. It's a combination of authors who hope to give information about their volunteering experiences, cross cultural exchanges in Thailand, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and elsewhere.
![If a Thai National or Public holiday* falls on a weekend then the next working day is often substituted as the holiday.
Thailand holidays are many many. During the government and banking holidays government services like immigration more often than not close. Some banks and all ATMs, Foreign Exchange Booths are open. Buddhist celebrations are [...]](http://mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Thai-Holidays-and-Festivals-2011_03-e1299639155419-115x115.jpg "Thai Holidays, Celebrations, and Festivals Chart 2012")
![Songkran, Thai New Year
April 13th -15th, 2011.
Songkran is the traditional New Year of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Srilangka and the east of India. The word Songkran is from the Sanskrit meaning ‘the beginning of a new Solar Year’. It’s sometimes called ‘water war’ byforeigners.Thai people believe in this festival as the family day.The custom [...]](http://mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Amy-Sophie-Even-2010-118-e1297675546888-115x115.jpg "Songkran Festival April 13th – 15th, 2011")
![Special Intern for Special Needs Thai Kids:
Mundo Exchange Intern Jessica
Special needs is what we call children with developmental delay or physical challenges. The Thais have a way of saying something along the lines of brain and body don’t work normally, so I’m pleased to have instituted them using the words Special Needs Children. The teachers like [...]](http://mundoexchange.org/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Thailand Special Needs Kids with Mundo Exchange Intern Jessica")
![The following story reveals how fantastic and giving students and staff from Bewegte School in Austria. Together they helped Thai children by raising fund for needed school supplies, shoes, clothing, and bicycles. Petra Pfann, a Mundo Exchange volunteer, collaborated with the Bewegte staff and students to collect money for children in Isaan Thailand who Petra [...]](http://mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/students-e1310017742819-115x115.jpg "Bewegte Students and Volunteer Petra help Thai Students")
![Mundo Exchange from its beginning as a charity was primarily designed to help reduce violence and promote cross cultural understanding and tolerance between peoples. We have worked for the last 20 some years in Guatemalan and other world conflict areas helping with mental health issues caused by civil war and helping with community development projects. [...]](http://mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cluster_bomb-e1308214267641-115x115.jpg "Cluster Bombs: Good God Y’All, What are they Good For?")
![In March the first cooperative efforts between Catlin Gable and Oregon Episcopal High School students began. Thirteen students traveled with our previous group of four adults to Chajul to spend a week collaborating with Mundo Exchange, ACEFOMI and Limitless Horizons. The students were amazing ambassadors, quickly entering in to numerous projects with local Chajulenses. Please [...]](http://mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Catlin-Gable-and-Oregon-Episcopal-High-School-Students-In-Chajul-e1307945461903-115x115.jpg "Catlin Gable and Oregon Episcopal High School Student Volunteers In Chajul")
![Amy and orphans enjoying time together
The Thailand association Laekplian Lokgatat (Global Exchange) and Mundo Exchange Organisation sincerely thank the following English donors who helped to improve the lives of children in Thailand. The following donors provided orphans and other children without families with needed school and play clothing, educational games, nutritional food, school materials and [...]](http://mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Volunteer-Amy-with-kids-e1307346764792-115x115.jpg "English Donors Help Thai Children")