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 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...
by AuthorSue | Mar 9, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
I spent this past week in Phnom Penh. I come every year. I have always loved its craziness, its mass of humanity on the streets, the astonishing juxtaposition of developed and undeveloped. Mostly now, though, it is a city full of friends, and I spent many nights this...
by AuthorSue | Mar 1, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
While I am here in Siem Reap, I make it a habit to find time to read aloud to the kids in the public school housed on the grounds of my favourite pagoda, Wat Damnak. The reading takes place in another favourite place of mine, the children’s library of the Centre...
by AuthorSue | Feb 14, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, theatre, Writing
A fifth anniversary and a first birthday — last night was the celebration ending this year’s collaborative Writing Through Cambodia workshop between Anjali House and the Phare Cambodian Circus. What an amazing night. It began with us all attending opening...
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