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		<title>Culture Club: The Children of Bueng Kan Celebrate Cultures of the World.</title>
		<link>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/08/19/culture-club-the-children-of-bueng-kan-celebrate-cultures-of-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kellyintern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During 2009 Lokgatat and Mundo Exchange members, Oum, Nalinrat, Dalyn, Prayoon and volunteers planned the creation of a Thai Cultural Centre where local people could come and learn about their own history and people and about other cultural ways too. In March 2010 the Culture...


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		<title>Adrian takes on Issan</title>
		<link>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/08/19/adrian-takes-on-issan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kellyintern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March 2010 Mundo Exchange and the Thai Association, Laekplian Lokgatat, welcomed a new volunteer and intern Adrian. Adrian decided to come to Nong Khai to help with a number of community development and Buddhist projects and to work with Prayoon, one of Lokgatat’s founders...


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<li><a href='http://mundoexchange.org/2010/01/29/gib-gins-eco-projects/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Gib + Gin&#8217;s Eco Projects'>Gib + Gin&#8217;s Eco Projects</a> <small>Gib + Ginn provide the building blocks for success from environmental opportunities abound! Seeing someone strive for success in the...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://mundoexchange.org/2010/01/28/mundo-exchange-volunteer-hugh-plenderleith-returns-to-isaan/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mundo Exchange Volunteer Hugh Plenderleith Returns to Isaan'>Mundo Exchange Volunteer Hugh Plenderleith Returns to Isaan</a> <small>Hugh Plenderleith came in 2008 to help with Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat global exchange volunteer projects in one of...</small></li>
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		<title>Aussie Volunteer, Sandra Schultz, Returns to Support Thailand</title>
		<link>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/08/09/aussie-volunteer-sandra-schultz-returns-to-support-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/08/09/aussie-volunteer-sandra-schultz-returns-to-support-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prayoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mundo Exchange volunteer, Sandra Schultz, from Australia returned to help us once again with our Thai Buddhist projects in Isan, Thailand. Sandra brought with her the joy of helping Thai people. She went to a forest wat and helped the monks learn a bit more English. Sandra finds...


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<li><a href='http://mundoexchange.org/2010/01/28/mundo-exchange-volunteer-hugh-plenderleith-returns-to-isaan/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mundo Exchange Volunteer Hugh Plenderleith Returns to Isaan'>Mundo Exchange Volunteer Hugh Plenderleith Returns to Isaan</a> <small>Hugh Plenderleith came in 2008 to help with Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat global exchange volunteer projects in one of...</small></li>
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		<title>Sophie Fry: The Compassionate Volunteer</title>
		<link>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/08/06/sophie-fry-the-compassionate-volunteer/</link>
		<comments>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/08/06/sophie-fry-the-compassionate-volunteer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prayoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thai Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat team was very fortunate to volunteer at the Thai orphanage with Sophie Fry. For 2 years we had heard so many great words about Sophie from her sister, Amy. They were all true. When we first met Sophie, it was immediately recognized that...


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<li><a href='http://mundoexchange.org/2010/03/04/jane-and-geoff-cohn-family-volunteering-in-nongkhai/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Jane and Geoff Cohn Family Volunteering in Nongkhai'>Jane and Geoff Cohn Family Volunteering in Nongkhai</a> <small>We have always wanted to take our family on a volunteering holiday and were extremely fortunate to find the Mundo...</small></li>
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		<title>Thai Village Life with Mundo Exchange Volunteer Stefan</title>
		<link>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/08/05/thai-village-life-with-mundo-exchange-volunteer-stefan/</link>
		<comments>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/08/05/thai-village-life-with-mundo-exchange-volunteer-stefan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prayoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stefan Amberger joined Mundo Exchange and the Thai association Laekplian Lokgatat as a volunteer in Thailand during July 2010. After completing his latest year of Austrian university studies in mathematics he jumped a plane and headed for Thailand to volunteer. During his orientation he visited...


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<li><a href='http://mundoexchange.org/2010/01/28/bai-sri-soo-kwan-%e0%b8%9e%e0%b8%b4%e0%b8%98%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%9a%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a2%e0%b8%a8%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%b9%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%82%e0%b8%a7%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%8d/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Bai Sri Soo Kwan'>Bai Sri Soo Kwan</a> <small>In many villages and small towns in Isaan Thailand Bai Sri Su Kwan is a welcoming ceremony. Some of our...</small></li>
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		<title>Volunteer Exchanges of Heart: Amy Fry</title>
		<link>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/07/22/volunteer-exchanges-of-heart-amy-fry/</link>
		<comments>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/07/22/volunteer-exchanges-of-heart-amy-fry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prayoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amy Fry has twice volunteered with Mundo Exchange and now has assisted her Thai hosts as an orphanage manager; helping new volunteers learn how to work more effectively with the boys. While home in England she is a nurse and helps people there too. Amy...


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		<title>Giving elephants a better life</title>
		<link>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/06/30/elephants-of-thailand-volunteer-lekk-story/</link>
		<comments>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/06/30/elephants-of-thailand-volunteer-lekk-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mouse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camille from Australia decided to help out with some elephants during her time in Thailand. Having a natural apathy with nature and seeking a fairer balance between humanity and other life on this planet she felt it her duty to investigate the treatment of local...


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		<title>Mud Brick Making</title>
		<link>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/05/09/mud-brick-making/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 15:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my stay interning with Mundo Exchange in Nong Khai, Thailand, I spent close to three weeks working with Lokgatat Thai Host Gyb to produce mud-bricks, which will be used to build a guest-house. Mud-bricks are a remarkably efficient and incredibly effective building material. These...


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		<title>Volunteer Petra helping Isaan Communities</title>
		<link>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/03/04/volunteer-petra-helping-isaan-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/03/04/volunteer-petra-helping-isaan-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kellyintern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Petra Pfann, a volunteer from Austria, joined our nonprofit volunteer organization Mundo Exchange an our Thai Association partner, Laekplian Lokgatat, in Northeast Thailand. Instead of heading to a famous Thai beach or to other tourist attractions in Thailand. Petra decided to volunteer with Mundo Exchange...


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		<title>Wat Phu Tok</title>
		<link>http://mundoexchange.org/2010/03/04/wat-phu-tok/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kellyintern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you head southwest out of Bueng Kan, along Highway 222, you will eventually come to Ban Si Wilai. If you take a left turn there, and continue along the smaller roads past Banna Singh and Baanna Sabaeng, you will eventually reach a rocky outcrop....


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