Every volunteer has a unique experience depending on the location, religion, and traditions of their site. Each month we will explore a new volunteer’s site through the eyes of a visiting volunteer […]
Hannah’s Site Through Alex’s Eyes
Already Home
McKenzie Paterson, 129 TESS Home. I’ve been thinking a lot about home of late. I’ve never wanted to be home more than I do right now. It takes a lot for me to be […]
Bigger Than Boxes: Gender and Social Justice in the Classroom
Bigger Than Boxes presented by GAD (Gender and Development Committee) Olivia Dawson, 129 YinD Gender and Social Justice in the Classroom: A Prompt for Self Reflection to Get You Started Background Info Did […]
Home Is Where Your Yaii Is
Megan Cindric, 129 YinD For those of you who don’t know, “yaii” is the Thai word for grandma, but to say the two are the same is to massively oversimplify it. When […]
Tamada
Natalie Garro, 129 It’s Day 1 of Sports Day at my school, and I’m doing the same thing I did last year: seeking a moment of silence and solitude in my office, […]
Group 129 Yearbook: Words of Appreciation
Counterparts and Community of Group 129 As Group 129 completes their 20th month of service we look back on what their communities shared about them when they first got to site as […]
Eating Through Life Like Bourdain
Nikolai Stern, 129 TESS Anthony Bourdain’s unexpected death seemed to shake the world, or at least on social media; everybody was a fan. His fame began after he wrote Kitchen Confidential, an […]
Peaks & Valleys, Vol. 9 feat. Kat Giannini
Rae Richards, 129 TESS Welcome to a column meant to explore the highs and lows of Peace Corps volunteer life—in Thailand and beyond! Each month, we highlight a current Peace Corps Volunteer […]
An Ode to Thai Children
Anna McGillicuddy, 129 YinD most days I struggle to teach you in Thai without feeling deflated but your forgiving eyes and big smiles are in languages that need not be translated. you’re […]
Things I Have Eaten
Olivia Dawson, 129 YinD When my grandmother was alive she would tell a story about my eating habits that seemed to define me as a person. At the crux of it was […]
Engaged to Single in the Peace Corps
Kaori Cierra Alonso Yamamoto, 129 TESS January 1st, 2017 (New Year’s day) and only 4 days before Peace Corps staging, my boyfriend of 8 years proposed to me. I was thrown off, […]
Laura’s Site Through Ray’s Eyes
Every volunteer has a unique experience depending on the location, religion, and traditions of their site. Each month we will explore a new volunteer’s site through the eyes of a visiting volunteer […]
Faces of Peace Corps Thailand: Mookho Mokhesi
Artwork by Natalie Garro She is soft in a hard world and she loves despite it all and she is magic. For more PCV Artwork click here.
The Ghost of Satun
Theresa Kozelka, 129 YinD I had my first encounter with the supernatural on a sunny March morning. Things were far from unusual. I woke up around 6 o’clock in the morning to […]
Have Yous Eaten Yet? Episode 3: Hummus – بالطحينة حُمُّص
Yousif Al-Amin, 129 TESS Hummus – بالطحينة حُمُّص Ingredients: 3 cups chickpeas 2 cloves garlic, sliced ¼ cup lemon/lime juice 1 ½ tsp salt 2 tbsp tahini Olive oil Directions: Bring a […]
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