We woke this morning to a very bright and very crisp morning. After a gray day yesterday, the sun coming up the valley sparkled from every corner, puddle and blade of frosty golden grass. And our morning session began...
Today broke cold and overcast with a chill that lingered heavy all day…the morning also came pretty early after our really long day yesterday! As soon as we got to our critique, though, every heart started beating fast. MAN,...
It’s been was great to work with some of our students from last year! Some of them are a little taller, some look a little older and some have even headed off to study at universities in other districts....
This morning, with the clouds low in the valley, and the mists rising through the pines from the ruddy hillside, the team sat for our first breakfast back in Bhutan. This year, we will be hosting the 21 students...
After the long night, our 6:30 AM wake-up call made for an early morning. The normal routine…wake, shower, breakfast with the team, then jump in the car at 8 AM to head over to the Lycee for our last...
What can we tell you about today…we began the day on schedule, with the car picking us up at 8:30am to head back over to the school. Today was presentation day, which means that Fred, Wendy, Tony, and Mike...
For each of our workshops, we partner with a local NGO to help plan things on the ground. By working with a local organization, we have the infrastructure in place to help us make the workshop happen and who...
Take forty or so adorable little gremlins (aged 3-5), put them in a room filled with books, building blocks, paint, crayons and musical instruments, and set a handful of incredibly talented teachers to shape their young minds…and you get...
(For those who read my post from yesterday: of course, as soon as we arrived, we found out that two of the teachers who had joined us in the previous night’s festivities were going to be with us for...
At our hotel, the Serena Khorog, we had breakfast, met with our NGO coordinator, and generally nursed our wounds from the drive from Dushanbe. Nakat and Haidar, the CEO and Program Coordinator for the Aga Khan Foundation (our NGO...