6. PEPY - On the Hope and Struggle for Education in Cambodia with Executive Director Sarakk Rith
PEPY - Promoting Education, epPowering Youth How does Dragons partner with PEPY? Where There Be Dragons programs in Cambodia spend time with PEPY to better understand the complexity of difficulties in the Cambodian education system How did the Cambodian genocide affect education for many generations? How does PEPY encourage the youth in Cambodia to dream bigger? How can a small NGO in Cambodia change your perspective? To find out more about PEPY, please visit http://pepyempoweringyouth.org/
5. Reed Hardwood - Dragons Executive Director
What events kickstarted Reed’s path to becoming the ED of Dragons? The role of Dragons in the lives of students and communities. How is a Dragons experience different for 15 year olds and 65 year olds? What Reed hopes Dragons students walk away with. How can Dragons diversify its student body? What makes Dragons approach to travel different and unique.
4. Gaining New Perspectives from Dragons Fund Alumni
What can we learn from homestays? Does processing a Dragons trip ever end? What big "ah-ha" moments did Lucie and Lydia have on their courses? What advice would they give to themselves before their Dragons trip? Advice on getting financial help for a Dragons trip through Dragons Fund. (The Dragons Fund is a program of the COMMON Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.)
3. Rich Brown - Journalist on Migration between Guatemala and the US
Who is coming to the southern US border, and why? What are migrants south of the US border fleeing? How did Rich end up becoming a journalist in Guatemala? How have decisions in the US impacted life in Guatemala? What is "The Forum on Migration"?
2. Claire Bennett - Learning Service vs Service Learning
What is Learning Service? How can we most sensibly do good abroad? What’s wrong with "voluntourism?" How do personal motivations affect volunteering?