Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

We scan the books in the U.S., She met us at the airport and dropped our bags off at our hotel and took us to a major crafts fair being held outside of town (where we saw products produced by numerous social enterprises: more on the social enterprise action in Laos and Thailand in my next post).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

I just spent almost three weeks in Thailand and Laos on a combined work and vacation trip. Bangkok, Thailand (and other locations). The man behind Cabbages and Condoms is Mechai Viravaidya , founder of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (“PDA”). Cabbages and Condoms.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 8, 2007

Pearl has profiled 9 women in 9 countries: Cambodia: Somaly Mam, a former sex worker who founded Acting for Women in Distressing Situations , an organization that rescues sex workers in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, and gives them job training.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

This clothbound, limited edition book includes over 200 full color photos from Pearl's travels, as well as updates to some of the the interviews since they originally appeared in Glamour. If you aren't familiar with Pearl's story, she is a pretty phenomenal person. It would be legitimate for him to be scared; aren't we all?

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