Where do you find a $200,000+ Aston Martin V8 Vantage sportscar followed by a clunking white Indian Ambassador? In Turkmenistan, of course.
In Uzbekistan, we’ve also come across small cars covered with stickers and driven by Westerners desperate for the next mechanic or gas station.
What’s all the fuss? Awareness, fundraising and rallies. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Central Asia, Hope for Humanity, Travel, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
No Comments | 6 August 2007
We introduced Adrianne and Rick earlier on this blog. Having told their story to several people recently and feeling renewed inspiration, we wanted to share more about them and their work.
We feel that Adrianne and Rick can tell their story better than we can. Below are excerpts from an email interview conducted after they returned to Canada from their latest work in Cambodia (December 2006-March 2007).
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- Adrianne and Rick – Making a Difference in Cambodia
- Interview with Adrianne and Rick
Filed Under: Cambodia, Hope for Humanity, Southeast Asia by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
5 Comments | 19 July 2007
When we began our journey, one of our goals was to meet inspiring people who are making a difference in this world – however small – and to tell their story. Adrianne and Rick, a couple we met while admiring the monitor lizards in Bangkok’s Lumpini Park, were the first people to fit this description. We feel fortunate to have met them. It’s not just the work that they do that is inspiring – it’s who they are and how they go about it. Continue Reading »
- Adrianne and Rick – Making a Difference in Cambodia
- Interview with Adrianne and Rick
Filed Under: Cambodia, Hope for Humanity, Southeast Asia by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
2 Comments | 25 May 2007
Big Brother Mouse (BBM), a book publishing and literacy program in Luang Prabang, produces children’s books in the Lao language to help promote the love of reading and learning in children. The organization was started by a retired American publisher who saw the need for children’s books and decided to try to fill the gap himself. The project is taking off and growing. 
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Filed Under: Hope for Humanity, Laos, Perspectives, Southeast Asia, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
No Comments | 31 January 2007
As I was told by the General Manager of Craft Link, Ms. Tran Tuyet Lan, not-for-profit organizations have to sell quality products in order to survive. Charity isn’t sustainable.
But Hanoi’s Hoa Sua School and Craft Link try. The customer gets quality food and handicrafts, respectively, in addition to the warm fuzzy feeling from contributing to a good social cause. It’s an ideal – and apparently sustainable – combination. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Food, Hope for Humanity, Southeast Asia, Vietnam by: Audrey Scott
No Comments | 15 January 2007
