From the monthly archives: July 2011

Host Family Request from Kenya

On July 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Scams

I received the email below today from a person in Kenya asking if they could serve as a host family for my volunteers. I get at least a couple of thousand of these unsolicited emails each year. Some are legitimate, but I suspect that most are not. The example below is one of the latter, [...]

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Care Package from Vietnam

On July 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Coordinators, Vietnam

My Coordinator in Vietnam was kind enough to send me a care package from Vietnam last week. (Special thanks to one of my volunteers who mailed it to me upon her return to the US.) My favorite item in the package was of course the coffee from Vietnam. Although I’m not a coffee conniseur, and [...]

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My Peru Coordinator Visits Philadelphia

On July 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Coordinators, Meeting in Person, Peru

The other weekend my program coordinator Celia from Peru visited me in Philadelphia. She is easily one of the best coordinators (and people) I’ve worked with in this business. Although I’ve been sending clients to Celia in Peru since 2005, this visit to Philadelphia was the first time I had met her in person. (One of [...]

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Korea Calling

On July 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Korea, Language

The other week I decided to start learning about Korean culture, including the language. I started by going on Conversation Exchange, where I found a language partner in Seoul who is trying to practice her English. I’ve talked to her several times already, practicing some vocabulary with her and asking questions about the culture — and [...]

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