There is so much information in the air. Coming at this from a fresh perspective, words cannot explain the amount of knowledge that I am receiving right now. Earlier this
This poem was shared with us today during our session with the authors and editors of Generation NGO. I wanted to share it with our followers. Please enjoy. The Development
Today is my birthday and I’m spending it with my family. My home is thousands of miles away, so are my parents and my brother. Yet, I feel I’m celebrating
This year’s annual conference is off to a running start as the 14 youth ambassadors just completed their first course of two at the Art of Living Foundation’s North American
A Recrear Youth Ambassador @ the Art Of Living center: 2nd day of silence, 4th day Yoga & Meditation; (August 4, 2011) No energy left! STARVING! Need rest! Missing the
Kevin, Kirsten and I have been catapulted from a wonderful two weeks in the Dominican Republic to Canada, where we are giving 100% at Recrear Magnify. We still have few
Day one of Recrear Magnify has come and gone but as we settle in for a week at the North American Ashram, our staff has taken an immediate connection to one another
It is 4.34 am and we are still up working but super excited to meet the RecrearMagnify group and get started! While we become a team with the Art of
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_5YA2RddE0?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] While in Santiago, we stayed with a host family of our close friend, Eric. Eric is a Dominican, studying Music Therapy in New Orleans at Loyola University with his colleague Alex Legges.
My reflections of the day are all dedicated to my ‘colleagues’. If you know Kirsten, Kevin and I, you know that we are all VERY different. Together, we are a
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA1xpPCw-y8&w=560&h=349] 4) There Is More Than the Obvious Way to Communicate How do you communicate when . . living in a Spanish – Creole – French speaking environment.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ie_8kFxFQ?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] 3) Get Silly While working to inspire a community to make a lasting change for themselves, when the community has never thought critically about the possibility to
Our time in Esperanza has come to an end. As we get into our last week in the Dominican Republic, I feel that Kirsten, Kevin and I have a bunch
Since our time here, we have spoken much of what is in an ‘idea’ and by extension a ‘project’. The misconception is that projects are resource exhaustive and grandiose. In
Only my second blog since being in Esperanza – I think that is testament to the lack of time we have had to really reflect on our experience here with
[slideshow] Our time in the smaller city of Esperanza was great, and the group of young men from both the city and the batay were a wonderful group to work
My feeling so far is that the theme of this project in the Dominican so far has been `back to basics`. In every sense that is. For Development this means
[slideshow] Above you will find a slide show of some of my favorites while the staff enjoyed our arrival in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. For the complete collection, please visit
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The Recrear team has safely landed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic as of yesterday and while we enjoyed our day of travel through the country to Santiago, the continued work for the
