Sept 6: Last Day in Chiang Mai

Sept 6: Last Day in Chiang Mai

On our final day in Chiang Mai, we got to relax a bit in preparation of the long weekend of travel ahead of us. In…

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Sep 5: Final Day of English and Farewell Dinner

Sep 5: Final Day of English and Farewell Dinner

Today we had our last day of English lessons with the KWAT interns. We were very sad to leave them and amazingly proud to see…

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Sept 4: Great Day of English Instruction

Sept 4: Great Day of English Instruction

Today we had our penultimate English lesson with the KWAT interns. Leigh Ann also spent some of the day working on the migrant exchange video…

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Sept 3: Week Two of English Begins!

Sept 3: Week Two of English Begins!

Today we returned to the KWAT intern house for our second and final week of English lessons. We focused on skits and role-playing for our…

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Sept 2: Sunday Market

Sept 2: Sunday Market

Today we visited the Sunday Market again. We tried lots of interesting foods- Nick had an octopus tentacle! We walked around for over seven hours exploring…

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Sept 1: Touring Around Chiang Mai

Sept 1: Touring Around Chiang Mai

Today we visited some places Mai recommended we see. First, we went to the Pagoda at Doi Suthep. The sculptures and buildings were beautiful and…

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Aug 31: Meetings with ND-Burma and WLB

Aug 31: Meetings with ND-Burma and WLB

Today Ah Noh took us to meet with some of KWAT’s other partners. It was great to improve our understanding of the organizations that KWAT…

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Aug 30: Migrant Exchange and Dinner with KWAT

Aug 30: Migrant Exchange and Dinner with KWAT

Today we had an amazing time connecting with both the Kachin migrant workers KWAT helps and members of the KWAT staff. About thirteen migrant workers…

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Aug 29: Final Day of First Week's English Lessons

Aug 29: Final Day of First Week’s English Lessons

During this lesson we focused on getting the interns to talk and extending conversations. We played a partner game where each intern had to answer…

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Aug 29: Final Day of First Week's English Lessons

Aug 29: Final Day of First Week’s English Lessons

During this lesson we focused on getting the interns to talk and extending conversations. We played a partner game where each intern had to answer…

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