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Seeking Wisdom Through Service: A Week at Yaowawit School
Introduction This year I along with new teaching partner Bridget Rowe returned for a second year to southern Thailand for a weeklong visit to Yaowawit, a school established for tsunami survivors in 2006 and now inclusive of disadvantaged children in … Continue reading
“Beyond Our Dreams”: A Week at Yaowawit School
The authors, Heesun Sonia Min, 18, from South Korea, and Margaret Cutlip, 17, from the United States, are high school students at Hong Kong International School. For the second year in row, a student group from HKIS spent a week … Continue reading
Part III Service Learning for Spiritual Growth: My Students’ Experience at Yaowawit
Introduction During the week of March 5-12 twenty students, myself, and my teaching partner from Hong Kong International School visited Yaowawit School, which is about a 90-minute drive northeast of Phuket in southern Thailand. The basic goal of the trip … Continue reading
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Social Conscience and Inner Awakening 