I have been given the opportunity for the journey of a lifetime - to volunteer in orphanages of Southeast Asia. While traveling and volunteering in Nepal and Thailand, I hope to contribute significant research to the field of children's human rights. The children of these countries suffer unbearable realities of human rights violations through child labor, bonded slavery, and sexual exploitation. As work for my graduate thesis, I am researching the organizations that exist to return these unfortunate children to their childhood.

Friday, December 12, 2008

It's not the end, but only the beginning....

I apologize for totally flaking on keeping blog updates over the past few months. I was just very involved with the children, and could never count on electricity when I had the time to blog!

I returned to the States a few days ago, and I'm feeling extreme reverse culture shock. I'm missing my Ama Ghar family so very much, but cannot wait to return to them next summer!!! It's difficult to put my overall experience into words, other than simply saying life changing. My heart is in Nepal with my new brothers and sisters, and I look forward to having them in my life forever.

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