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...
by Kayla Hughes | Oct 6, 2022 | Education, Guatemala, News and Updates, Thailand, Uncategorized
In this sometimes crazy world we think most can agree that there are certain basic human rights that in a civilized world all are entitled to. The following Human Rights Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, December 10, 1948. Although this...
by Kayla Hughes | Oct 5, 2022 | Education, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Books and Information on All Things Thai (*the throwback edition!) *as some of you may remember, our website used to look quite a bit different. Due to a poorly executed changeover of servers we unfortunately lost a lot of that data and information, but this post from...
