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 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...
by Kayla Hughes | Apr 24, 2020 | Culture and Community, Guatemala, News and Updates, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
A good volunteer network is essential to organizaitons like ours. THANK YOU to each and every volunteer for all that you have done! We hope you know that you are remembered, appreciated, and loved by the Mundo team, partners, and locals you lived, worked, and...
by Kayla Hughes | Mar 18, 2020 | Education, From the Field, News and Updates, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Earlier this month we went to watch twelve students graduate from primary school. While some may think that graduating from sixth grade is no big milestone, it certainly is for these kids! Kamplafa is a small, village school and most students come from families living...