by Kayla Hughes | May 10, 2023 | Culture and Community, Guatemala
How much do you know about Chajul? We’re guessing very little! Chajul is one of three Maya Ixil villages in the Department of Quiché. Steeped in the indigenous Maya tradition, it’s people are known for their longstanding defiance to outside influences,...
by Kayla Hughes | Feb 16, 2023 | Culture and Community, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Bai Sri Soo Kwan: A traditional Thai Ceremony Bai Sri Su Kwan is a welcoming ceremony in many villages and small towns in Isaan Thailand. Some of our Thai hosts participate in Bai Sii when they have someone important, like a volunteer, comes to visit or leave them,...
by Kayla Hughes | Nov 18, 2022 | Education, From the Field, Guatemala, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Mundo Director Joan writes about our first experiences working together with Limitless Horizons in 2010. Today they continue to do great things for the community have made so much progress! Students have advanced farther in school, and educational programs are still...
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 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...
