by AuthorSue | Dec 29, 2017 | philanthropy, teaching, Travel, Uncategorized, Vietnam, Writing
The story of this trip starts in Singapore, actually, in the training session I led for Writing Through prospective volunteers in 2016. At that time, a wonderful trainee named Stephanie took me aside and said I had to bring the program to Vietnam, her home country. My...
by AuthorSue | Sep 20, 2017 | Creativity, philanthropy, Singapore, teaching, Writing
(Read to the end for the big reveal!) CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility: when a corporation takes decisive and apparent action to uphold and promote positive social values. In other words, the way in which a company contributes via active fundraising, financial...
by AuthorSue | Aug 6, 2017 | Cambodia, Creativity, film, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Travel, Writing
As most of you know, when I am not writing novels and poetry, I am running a non-profit organisation which I founded called Writing Through. It is some of the most rewarding, exciting and creative work I have ever done, and the word is getting out about it. In...
by AuthorSue | Apr 23, 2017 | Cambodia, Creativity, film, Personal, philanthropy, Uncategorized
It started with Songkran, the traditional celebration of Khmer New Year. Throwing caution to the wind, we put on our “New Year Shirts” (which looked a lot like Hawaiian shirts to us), piled into a tuk tuk with the Horizons Guest House family, and set off...
by AuthorSue | Apr 10, 2017 | Cambodia, philanthropy, Travel
This week is the run up to the Khmer New Year celebrations, which begins on Friday the 14th April and goes all weekend long. The date of the holiday is always the same, or nearly so, because it is based on the solar calendar (unlike the lunar holiday of Tet), but with...
by AuthorSue | Feb 13, 2017 | Cambodia, Creativity, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
Every Writing Through workshop is special, but for me personally, the one that I facilitate at Anjali House is a highlight of my year. After all, what has become an international NGO began as my Anjali House creative writing workshop seven years ago. I ran this, this...
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