by AuthorSue | Feb 7, 2016 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, teaching, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing
Last week I ran the first of my Writing Through workshops for this year. Others have done theirs already, but this was my first, and it was held with students at Anjali House, where my programme first started six years ago. The theme this time was ‘Place’,...
by AuthorSue | Feb 1, 2016 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
So, I’m back — back in my room at my guesthouse, back at the educational shelter, Anjali House, where this all began. I spent my first week wearing my Anjali House Board Member hat, checking in on administrative and fundraising tasks, talking to the staff...
by AuthorSue | Oct 31, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
I have had a great first week back in Siem Reap, switching back and forth between my work with Writing Through and my work at Anjali House. For Writing Through, this week has been about seeing old friends, making new ones, setting up repeat workshops for last...
by AuthorSue | Oct 25, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Travel, Writing
Ah, jet lag….. Traveling to SE Asia from London doesn’t get any easier. I sleep in deep, melatonin-induced bouts of slumber, only to wake up rarin’ to go every four hours or so. That is, my brain wakes up rarin’ to go, but the rest of me...
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...
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