2010 Scholarship Winner: Laurie Lundeen
This year our featured United Planet Scholarship Essay Winner is Laurie Lundeen. Her all-encompassing vision and desire to expand the world for her students captured our hearts and we think…
Category: Volunteer Stories
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Happy Holi – The Festival of Colors
United PlanetAsia, Festival, Foreign Culture, Nepal, Southeast Asia, travel, volunteer abroad, Volunteer Story
Written by United Planet volunteer Hallie Riggs. Yesterday was by far the craziest day I have experienced in Nepal (or perhaps anywhere). It was the Festival of Colors. As it…
Cambodia’s Red Sox
United PlanetAngkor Wat, Asia, baseball, Cambodia, Foreign Culture, Red Sox, Siem Reap, United Planet, volunteer abroad, Volunteer Story
Written by United Planet Volunteer Valerie Mulhern about her time in Siem Reap, Cambodia Saturday and Sunday were both temple viewing days and I must have taken about 500 pictures!…
First Time Traveler Falls for Thailand
United PlanetAsia, children, photo series, Southeast Asia, teaching, thailand, United Planet, volunteer abroad, Volunteer Story
Information reported by Stuart Robbens, one of United Planet’s Thailand Coordinators Quest volunteer Charles–Andre Bourdua recently returned from his first trip abroad, where he explored Ranong, Thailand! A small, beautiful…
Phally’s One Thousand Children
United PlanetAsia, Cambodia, cross cultural understanding, Khmer Chewy Khmer English School, Siem Reap, teach abroad, travel, United Planet, volunteer abroad, Volunteer Story
Written by United Planet Volunteer Abbie Mood. “Fight with words, not with bullets.” ~Phally, the Director of Khmer Chewy Khmer It was 6 p.m. and Kristen and I had just…
Lights Out from Nepal
Written by United Planet Volunteer Carrie Schramm. I live on the third floor and spend a lot of my time in the living room (across from my room) or on…
