by AuthorSue | Mar 30, 2015 | Cambodia, history, philanthropy, teaching, Thailand, Uncategorized, Writing
This was a big weekend for Writing Through. The weeklong Full-Length workshops always culminate in a ‘Big Event’ where the students stand up and read the work they had written over the course of the workshop. Usually, their presentations lead to a party...
by AuthorSue | Mar 23, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Writing
I have just come back to Siem Reap after running the second of our Writing Through workshops for the children of the Enfants du Mekong centre in the remote northern village of Banteay Chhmar. Much has changed. The road which last year looked like this: is now,...
by AuthorSue | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Magic happens here all the time. You never know when one stray conversation will lead to a new connection, a new opportunity. This past Friday we traveled from Sisophon, which I wrote about here, back to Siem Reap for the Writing Through Cambodia Big Event celebrating...
by AuthorSue | Mar 14, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, Uncategorized, Writing
A quick post to tell about how I had the chance to join a few other long-term guests at my guest house to help a nearby Pagoda with a much needed construction project. The young family who own the guest house, Horizons, wanted to help the monks build a place where...
by AuthorSue | Mar 12, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Writing
I have spent the last few days in the small provincial city of Sisophon, the capitol of Banteay Meanchey province in northwestern Cambodia. To be honest, there isn’t a lot going on here. Tourists rarely come. You won’t find tuk tuks cruising the streets...
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