Today is Mother’s Day in Thailand, and our team had the incredible experience of sharing it with some of the kids from the children’s home. The children all go to one of four local schools (where they are allowed to attend but not use any of the government subsidies like all of the other children). […]
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Here in Thailand, our team is experiencing life in a whole new perspective. As our eyes are opened to what is going on in the world that we are currently immersed in, our hearts are being broken by the obvious exploitation and pain of poverty that is stealing so many futures, hopes, and dreams. This […]
...continue readingTons of smiling faces ran towards the van as we hopped out. Friendly smiles, giggles and laughs, and hugs were given to me by children I had never met in my entire life. I instantly fell in love with them - before knowing their names, their stories, or anything about them, I knew I loved […]
...continue readingHey Everyone! We are here! After leaving Vancouver, flying to Shanghai, transferring to Bangkok, staying overnight, flying to Chiang Rai and driving an hour to Chiang Saen, we are finally here! And, we are excited to see what kind of adventures and incredible moments we are about to be a part of.
This week we will […]
Hello all! We are here, we are hot, we are working hard, and we are loving every minute of it! The children’s home is in need of our help on many different projects such as the new water tank facilities we are digging for their washrooms, the new floor on the clinic that has just […]
...continue readingAfter what seemed like endless hours, days of travel we finally landed in Bangkok. I felt like l had returned to visit an old friend.
The site of her brings a smile to my face and the smell of her brings a flood of memories. I really do love it here!
My name is Erica, […]
Upcoming Hero Holiday Application Deadlines
Published by October 19th, 2007 in Front Page, Newsletter, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Mainpage. 0 CommentsHere are some upcoming application deadlines that you might want to take note of:
- November 1, 2007: Application Deadline for Thailand Spring Break (Mar 9-24, 2008) Hero Holiday
- November 15, 2007: Application Deadline for Mexico Spring Break (Mar 1-11, 2008) Hero Holiday
- December 1, 2007: Application Deadline for our Student Leadership Program
- If there is enough interest, we are considering running a Christmas Hero Holiday Trip in Mexico, for families and individuals. Please email our Hero Holiday Director, Charles Roberts, as soon as possible at charles@heroholiday.com, if you are interested in the opportunity to do something significant this Christmas.
Please visit our trips page more more information, or visit our applications page to apply
Message Zone
Published by July 9th, 2007 in Front Page, Thailand, Dominican Republic and Mexico. 7 CommentsWe have just made a special page for parents and supporters to leave comments to our participants. It is the messages page. If you want to just leave a note for a holiday Hero, use that page instead of commenting on a random blog post. If you want to make remarks about specific blog posts, please continue to comment directly on those posts.
That sounds like it should be a song title… “Night Train to Bangkok.”
Anyhow, We have left northern Thailand and headed south. After 14 hours on a train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok we jumped inot vans and ended up in Pattaya - a massive tourist area.
We visited a children’s home where we cleaned the building, […]
Hi again everyone,
Sorry we haven’t posted anything in a couple of days. We’ve been traveling across northern Thailand and have had limited access to internet.
We have been having a lot of fun visiting children’s homes and drop-in centers. We took a group of about 50 kids to a local swimming pool where they received bathing […]