by Kayla Hughes | Jan 24, 2023 | Guatemala, News and Updates, Spotlights, Thailand, Uncategorized
Rachel makes earrings to help people. Rachel grew up with a large number of family members and they lived in a home in Portland, Oregon. She believes that family can go way beyond our own biological parents and brothers and sisters. Rachel owned a well-known...
by Kayla Hughes | Dec 1, 2022 | Culture and Community, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Some Culture Norms and Social Rules of Thailand, Do’s and Don’ts(What to do and not do as a traveler, guest, volunteer or tourist in Thailand) Every culture has their own perspective of what “good manners or cultural ways” entail. For Thais some of the acceptable...
by Kayla Hughes | Nov 10, 2022 | Adventures, Culture and Community, From the Field, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Mundo Volunteer visit to a Forest Wat in Bueng Kan, Thailand The following was written by Joan in 2011 after she volunteered one morning at a local wat to learn more about Buddhist culture and ways. I have always viewed wats and Buddhist monasteries as mystic places...
by Kayla Hughes | Oct 26, 2022 | Culture and Community, From the Field, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer, Volunteer testimonial
The following is a firsthand account from Annie, one of our volunteers who joined us in 2010. She spent a month in the village with a local family while co-teaching alongside the Thai English teacher at one of the rural schools in the area. When I volunteered in...
by Kayla Hughes | Oct 17, 2022 | Culture and Community, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
The following post about music in Isaan was written by Linda Danielson, a musician, avid music lover, volunteer and close friend of Mundo Exchange: I’m in Thailand for the first time as a Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat volunteer, a traveller, a musician, an...
by Kayla Hughes | Oct 10, 2022 | Culture and Community, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
The following is from Candace, a volunteer of Mundo Exchange and our partner organization. She was a wonderful addition to the Mundo team during her time here and spent time at a wat learning about Buddhist ways. Many tourists making the sojourn to Asia probably plan...
