FOOD FOR THOUGHT: A home on the east bench of Salt Lake City… $638,000, a two-week vacation to the Bahamas… $8,511, the value of a life… it depends. It depends on where you live, whether you are female or male, your age, and whether you are black or white. We inherently value people, but do [...]
How Cambodia House Building Expedition Works
Global Outreach Foundation received an update from one of our partners, Tabitha. Please see below for a report on how our Cambodia House Building service learning expedition works and the end result that you could help with: building a home for a family. I received a report today – it’s from one of my managers [...]
The Importance of People
Recently, working in Cambodia on a volunteer mentoring program for orphans in Phnom Penh, I realized how important it is to have good people on the ground. For months we weren’t able to get moving on some plans there. It took me going there and working with some of the locals to move things forward.
Turn that Frown Upside Down! (Impressions from Cambodia)
“Pessimism never won any battle.”-Dwight D. Eisenhower. Complaining and blurting out unconstructive remarks to yourself and/or others has never been and will never be a good thing. Funny thing is, we do so much of it! But why?
