by Kayla Hughes | Aug 5, 2019 | Adopt an Elder, Build Safer Homes, Education, From the Field, News and Updates, Safer Homes, Thailand, Uncategorized
Volunteering is a fun, fully immersive way of giving back globally while learning from and engaging with other cultures, but donations are equally as important for Mundo Exchange! Your donations, both monetary and materially, act as the fuel that keeps our ongoing...
by Kayla Hughes | Jun 26, 2019 | Build Safer Homes, From the Field, News and Updates, Safer Homes, Thailand
https://mundoexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/video-of-leaking-roof.mp4 This is just one of the many leaks that occur inside Nuan’s home when it rains. Here Nuan and her husband are out of the house working and the kids are at school, and...
by Kayla Hughes | Jun 3, 2019 | Culture and Community, From the Field, News and Updates, Thailand
We cannot stress enough the importance of being properly vaccinated! As international travelers we have both the capacity and responsibility to not only protect ourselves but also others from unnecessary exposure to diseases. Since around November of 2018 reported...
by Kayla Hughes | May 29, 2019 | News and Updates, Thailand, Volunteer
Deciding to come to Thailand to volunteer is always exciting; you start dreaming of the delicious Thai food you are going to eat, debating what to pack, anticipating the adventures you are going to embark on…and in creeps the dread of trying to figure out what...
by Kayla Hughes | Nov 15, 2018 | News and Updates
We are about halfway through November, and that means Giving Tuesday is just around the corner! With Thanksgiving, Christmas, Black Friday and Cyber Monday fueled by how much you can get, it’s the perfect time of year to see what you can give back. Life is all...
by Kayla Hughes | Oct 15, 2018 | Culture and Community, Education, Guatemala, News and Updates, Thailand, Volunteer
There has been a lot of negative hype floating around lately about volunteering abroad, or voluntourism. It really is a shame that, with any good-intentioned system in place, there is always going to be someone waiting to exploit it. There are many organizations that...
