Archive | Kids and Schools RSS feed for this section
Our Friend Sory

Our Friend Sory

(Alex) Cambodia was one of our favorite countries so far. There are many different reasons why we think so, one of them is because of a 14 year old boy named Sory. We met Sory in Siem Reap, an ancient city about 200 kilometers north of Phnom Penh, where we were meeting with the founder […]

Read more
Art from the Ashes

Art from the Ashes

(Andrew) After exploring the breathtaking temples of Angkor Wat, we spent the last week of our Cambodian experience with an inspiring organization called Cambodian Living Arts (CLA). From 1975 to 1979, Cambodia was ruled by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. The impact on Cambodia was huge: 25% of the Cambodian population died during those […]

Read more
King’s Academy

King’s Academy

(Alex) I had been looking forward to this day for awhile, it was the day we finally got to go to King’s Academy. I wanted to go because I wanted to see what an American-style school in Jordan would look like. And it was way better than I imagined. Big, pristine, new facilities, and it […]

Read more
Chickering Kids Make a Difference

Chickering Kids Make a Difference

(Reis) On the first day of school in MA, we had breakfast with Sue Goatley in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Sue runs an organization called Children In The Wilderness Zimbabwe. Children In The Wilderness (also called CITW) raises money from private donations and Wilderness Safaris to help support kids in need. Each year they bring dozens […]

Read more
First Day of School…in Zimbabwe Instead!

First Day of School…in Zimbabwe Instead!

(Emma) Today was the first day of school for all of the schools in Dover. Right now as I type this the middle school bus would be at my house, picking me up for my first day at the middle school. But I am not there; I am in Zimbabwe instead. Even though I am […]

Read more
School Celebrities

School Celebrities

(Alex) 80 eyes turn to us as we walk into a one-room grade 2, 3 and 4 school totally different from ours. It was kind of awkward to begin with — 40 cute little black faces with big white eyes just staring at us. Then we realized that the children were just people from a […]

Read more
A Saint With My Name

A Saint With My Name

(Andrew) Today we had an exercise-full day in Nafplion, Greece. First we went to yet another breakfast buffet at our hotel. Then we went to Epidaurus. There we visited the best-preserved theater in the WORLD. There we took some pictures and a sketched the view. After that we went to a path so Alex could […]

Read more
It’s More Than Ancient Rocks

It’s More Than Ancient Rocks

(Reis) Around Greece from Athens to Delphi, Delphi to Olympia, and Olympia to Nafplion, where we are now. Along the way, learning and having fun with our guide, Antony At all the places, we learned about the ancient monuments and how they would be in antiquity. The way all of this was found out and […]

Read more